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 …
The high court issued a notice to the State Government in the matter pertaining to alleged illegal mining activities in and around Kanakpura, Ramnagar, Channapatana Taluks of Ramanagara district. The petitioners B C Narayanaswamy and A C Shivaraju who are social activists allege that MLA D K Shivakumar and his …
The Madras High Court has ordered notice to Environment and Forest secretaries of the Union and Tamil Nadu governments based on the Advocate Commissioner's report which said more than 60 buildings in Kanyakumari district were constructed violating the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification. Besides these Secretaries, the court also ordered …
In a major push to the ongoing public protest against rampant quarrying at Mookkunnimala, the Chennai bench of the National Green Tribunal on Thursday directed the Kerala Pollution Control Board (PCB) to furnish details of quarries functioning at the hillock . While hearing a petition the Kerala high court had …
The Bombay high court on Thursday wondered if the state government has made any alternative arrangement to tackle natural disasters and questioned its preparedness while hearing a PIL on the destruction of wetlands and mangroves. On March 10, the HC had ordered a total ban on reclamation and construction on …
High-Security Areas Like Navy Nagar Also Not Spared Almost every night, there is a mysterious fire in the mangroves in the Oshiwara-Loka belt. And there is handwala belt. And there is also the daily problem of debris dumping on them. Spread over 4 km, a vast section of mangroves in …
The wetlands in the coastal belts around Mumbai are being killed to make way for development, the Maharashtra forest department has told the Bombay high court. The court, while hearing a PIL by NGO Vanashakti in March, had banned all development on wetlands and instructed chief conservator of forests (mangrove …
Congress-NCP government may not launch clusters before poll code of conduct Maharashtra’s ambitious cluster development project is likely to be further delayed because the state, where Assembly elections are expected in October, will have to cross some legal hurdles before the scheme can be implemented in Mumbai and 15 other …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Monday asked the forest department not to allow the removal of sand dunes from the seashore in southern Kutch after a PIL alleged that the Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) had flattened the area near a small hamlet, Tunda Vandh. On July 24, …
“Banning cycles on any road is human rights violation. If the West Bengal Human Rights Commission doesn't take cognizance of it, citizens' groups fighting for the cause should move global fora like Amnesty International,“ said Anvita Arora, CEO of Innovative Transport Solutions (iTrans), in the city recently. Arora is also …
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday ordered Kutch District Collector to appear in-person before it in connection with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging Adani group of destroying sand dunes at Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) in Mundra. The division bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice …
This has reference to the Ministry's Office Memorandum dated 17th October 2013, wherein, the moratorium was lifted on consideration of projects from the non-Western Ghats Talukas of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg Districts, Maharashtra except for Dodamarg Taluka, under the EIA Notification, 2006.
Odisha yet to send detail report on rule violation sought by the probe team The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by Supreme Court, has postponed its hearing on illegal mining cases in Odisha due to non-availability of information from the state government. The hearing was scheduled to begin today at …
The High Court on Monday asked the government to examine the impugned formalin detection kit, Formaldehyde Meter Z-300, to find out its precision in order to dispel confusion. Passing the interim order, an HC division bench comprising Justice Salma Masud Chowdhury and Justice M Habibul Gani, also asked the Bangladesh …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has issued a warning to the hotels in the state which are without sewage treatment plants (STPs) but are operating 19 rooms. The court, in its orders made available today, observed that the permission to the hotels in A-category to operate 19 rooms was …
CEC is dissatisfied with a number of data discrepancies available with the miners and the state government Mines leaseholders accused of violating mining rules have got a chance to prove their innocence before the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) submits its report to the Supreme Court by the end of this …
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Principal Secretary (Panchayati Raj) to constitute a three-member committee to carry out on-the-spot inspection and find out the status of toilets being constructed in rural areas using central funds. The committee has been directed to submit the first report in two months and, …
PIL alleges flaunting of green norms, Gujarat HC issues notice to APSEZ, others Adani Group's maiden venture into ship recycling business seems to have got into legal trouble as a public interest litigation (PIL) in Gujarat High Court has alleged that its group company had violated environmental norms and presented …
Who Is Manufacturing E-Rickshaws And With Whose Permission, Asks Court The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses of the Centre and states on a PIL which sought a regulatory mechanism for erickshaws on the ground that they were running amok on the city's streets. E-rickshaws have created a political controversy …
A PIL was filed stating that the vehicles don't conform to motor vehicle laws The Supreme Court today issued notice to the central and state governments on a petition seeking a ban on e-rickshaws, which have become popular in the cities. According to the petition moved by Bibhash Karmakar, the …
