Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ganpat Ram Mirdha Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 15/06/2015 regarding closure of the mining activities carried out on the Gaucher land without obtaining environmental clearances, Rajasthan.
VADODARA: Three affidavits were filed by the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), union ministry of environment, forests (MoEF) and Larsen Toubro Ltd (L&T;) in response to the notice issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), western zone with regard to the Statue of Unity project at Narmada district's Kevadia …
Petition dismissed on grounds that one petitioner, Environment Support Group, has private interest in the matter The principal bench of the High Court of Karnataka comprising of acting Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the widening of most …
Joyride Illegal; Horses Treated Cruelly: Court In a victory for ani mal rights activists, the Bom bay high court on Monday ruled that horse-drawn car riages -locally called `Victo rias' -used for joyride along the seaside were “illegal“, and set a June 2016 deadline to phase them out. Hearing a …
Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of Animals and Birds Charitable Trust & Others Vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others dated 08/06/2015 regarding horse carriages being used in the City of Mumbai for joyrides and not as a mode of public conveyance.
The Tamil Nadu government is likely to move the Supreme Court seeking directives to restrain Karnataka from discharging sewage into Cauvery river. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa chaired a high-level meeting on this issue on June 2 at the Secretariat. Following reports that Karnataka was discharging sewage into Cauvery river, leaders …
Centre allocates addl foodgrain to J&K; to meet shortfall Even as the Centre has decided to allot additional foodgrains to J&K; to meet the shortfall, the state Cabinet, which is scheduled to meet here on Tuesday, is going to take a final call on whether it will implement the National …
China's top court on Monday ruled that all polluters will be liable for any damage they have on the environment even if they do not breach regulations. According to a legal explanation issued by the Supreme People's Court on Monday, which will be enforced from Wednesday, polluters will be held …
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea for framing guidelines on the process to be adopted by police at the time of seizure of birds and animals and prohibiting imposition of "inhumane" conditions of tagging and stamping them. The petition came up for hearing before a vacation bench …
On behalf of Green Kumbh, the district collector and municipal commissioner had organised a meeting to plan cleaning of the rivers in the city on occasion of World Environment Day on June 5. Citizens and social organisations will be joining hands for the Clean Godavari Campaign which is the main …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Marie Christine & Others Vs Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority & Others dated 29/05/2015 regarding the annual Sun-burn festival held in Goa, 29/05/2015. Previous Order
The advocate general told the Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday that no illegal mining activity will be permitted in Ganga river at Haridwar. The high court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Jai Prakash Badoni on Monday alleging that despite a ban on illegal mining activities by several …
Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday scheduled June 3 as the next date for hearing a public interest litigation on illegal mining on the banks and outskirts if river Kosi. The decision came soon after the advocate general assured the HC that no illegal mining will be permitted in the Ganga …
The Rajasthan government has moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday against the Rajasthan High Court order restraining the state government from granting any more mining leases, quarry licenses and short-term permits, including the renewal of existing ones without obtaining environmental clearances. The division bench of the Chief Justice Sunil Ambwani …
Despite a two-year-old public interest litigation (PIL 87 of 2013) on wetlands in the Bombay High Court and a report of the forest department detailing illegal activities on protected wetlands, environmentalists say private structures are mushrooming on the Dive-Anjur stretch along Thane-Bhiwandi road. In July 2014, following a Bombay High …
Taking serious note over felling of deodar trees in McLeodganj for commercial activities, the High Court today directed the Secretary (Forests), the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and the Conservator of Forests, Kangra, to appear before it on June 2. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir and …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked the state government to file an affidavit stating whether it wants to implement the National Food Security Act, 2013. The directions were issued by a division bench of the High Court following public interest litigation by Tariq Ali Najar. Najar in his …
Order of the Bombay High Court in the matter of High Court On Its Own Motion vs State Of Maharashtra And Ors dated 20/05/2015 regarding the poor condition of roads, the existence of potholes on the roads, the poor surfacing of the roads, the failure to level the roads properly …
There is nothing one can do, except approaching a court Imagine buying a house by liquidating crucial investments and taking a huge loan. When it’s time for you to move in, the government declares it illegal. This is exactly what happened with buyers in two separate cases in Noida. In …
Taking a strong view of the State Government's declaration on rampant illegal mining, the Jharkhand High Court directed it to immediately close all the illegal mines and crushers being operative in Jharkhand. The court, while hearing a PIL initiated suo motu, also asked the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board to …
