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 …
To auction mining operations | Junks first come, first served method The J&K; Government has recalled the draft on mining and quarrying rules, which were awaiting the Chief Minister’s approval since April 2014. In the previous draft, it had been suggested that mining and quarrying operations would be allotted on …
Taking cognizance of illegal sand mining and its impact on environment, Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday, directed stay on all sand mining operations in Sardar Sarovar Project affected areas and instructed state government to furnish details about mining activities. The court expressed its dissatisfaction upon refusal by state to …
The Rajasthan high court has on Tuesday dismissed a PIL alleging that the state exchequer had suffered a loss of Rs 2,000 crore in the allotment of cement-grade limestone mines to four cement companies without auctioning them and had demanded a CBI probe into the allotment. The petitioner had also …
The Delhi high court on Wednesday rapped the city’s municipal corporations for dereliction of duty and for allowing buildings to come up without complying with regulations, saying it may result in deaths of lakhs of people if an earthquake, like that in Nepal, occurs here. A bench of Justices Badar …
Policy Muddle Equally To Blame For Programme's Failure For years the city has drawn more water from the ground than what rain puts back inside. At most places, water is found at more than 50-metre depth. Aware of the approaching crisis, Delhi high court had forced the city government to …
The three municipal corporations on Wednesday told the Delhi high court that 80% of the city's buildings are unsafe and can't withstand an earthquake of high intensity. The corporations conceded these buildings are unsafe because they have come up without complying with structural stability norms as specified in National Building …
The Gujarat high court on Tuesday asked the state government why it permits mining activity in an eco-sensitive zone around the Gir sanctuary. A bench headed by Justice Jayant Patel said that if the villages of Kekraj, Sanwada, Lavki and Bheswadi on the banks of Shetrunji River near Liliya in …
The Bombay High Court Tuesday asked the state government to look into suggestions of making small waste disposal units mandatory in residential societies and townships by amending building by-laws and development control regulations. A division bench of Justices N H Patil and V L Achliya was hearing a public interest …
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a response of the city government on a plea seeking a complete ban on the use of un-licensed loudspeakers in shrines and mosques which, according to the plea, affects the health of people through noise pollution. A bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini …
Officials of various departments in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC), along with green activists, on Tuesday visited a stretch of the Godavari to check for sewage from nullahs released into the river. It was observed that at present, sewage from none of the 19 nullahs was being directly released into …
Chennai: The southern zone of National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) to arrest 101 ‘identified’ sewage outfalls on priority to save Cooum from further degradation. The court has posted the next hearing to May 26. The first Bench, comprising judicial member Justice M. Chockalingam …
Warning the state government that it is liable for prosecution if it does not comply with the directions of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the High Court on Thursday ordered it to submit an action plan on compliance with the KSPCB directions issued in August 2014. Observing that …
A week after a two-and-a-half-year- old boy died after falling into a 350-foot deep borewell near Arcot in Vellore district, a Public Interest Litigation has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking to direct authorities to frame rules under relevant acts for managing abandoned borewells and tubewells in the …
The Bombay high court has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to start and complete the slum rehabilitation scheme for the Hirabaug colony here by December 31, 2017. Eligible slum-dwellers be given rehabilitation tenements as per the decision by the slum rehabilitation authority (SRA), the court has ordered. On April …
Coming down hard on BBMP and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for their failure in enforcing laws to curb pollution in Bengaluru, the Karnataka high court on Thursday asked BBMP counsel to submit the name and designation of its officers vested with the duty of carrying out KSPCB's …
Karnataka on Wednesday diplomatically declined to accept Kerala's appeal to lift or relax the night ban imposed on vehicles plying through Bandipur Tiger Reserve, connecting Karnataka and Kerala. After lending a patient hearing to his counter part Oommen Chandy, who had arrived here to apprise him on the issue, Karnataka …
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently directed the state government to submit within three weeks its action plan on formation of biodiversity committees by local bodies and the time required for the purpose. The court issued these directions during the hearing of the public interest litigation (PIL) …
Making it clear that places of worships of any religion cannot violate norms of noise pollution limits, the High Court on Wednesday directed the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) to submit a consolidated data of noise levels recorded at various monitoring stations in the city. A Division Bench comprising …
From rural tanks in more than 20 villages in Athoor block The Madras High Court Bench here on Tuesday sought the reply of Dindigul Collector to a public interest litigation petition alleging widespread illegal sand mining from several rural tanks situated in more than 20 villages in Athoor block. Justices …
Mines and geology department officials from other states should be involved in inspection of 77 lease areas of major minerals in five southern districts, a PIL has said. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T S Sivagnanam, before which the PIL of V Anbazhagan came …
