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 …
NASHIK: A five-member team from the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) inspected a stretch of the Godavari river starting from Gangapur Dam on the second day of its visit to the city. NEERI was directed by the Bombay High Court to give short and long term solutions to river …
All hotels at famous ski resort Gulmarg are functioning without any sewage treatment plant (STP) to manage the toilet waste. In addition, the tonnes of solid waste and garbage generated at the resort goes untreated as at present there is no mechanism or facility in place to manage the waste …
State Wants Proactive Role In Monitoring Trials Jaipur: At least one person, on an average, died every month in Rajasthan during clinical trials in the past eight years. But the state government had no clue about these trials and the related deaths. The figures for 2005-2012 came to light when …
291 cases of serious adverse events reported Drug trials on humans in Rajasthan over the last eight years have claimed 95 lives, while 291 persons experienced serious adverse events, according to the State government's latest deposition before the Supreme Court in an ongoing public interest litigation. While informing the apex …
Supreme Court judgement dated 09/05/2013 in the matter of Arun Kumar Agrawal vs Union of India & Others on approval granted by GOI for the acquisition of majority stake in Cairn India Limited.
Plea to remove Agriculture Ministry’s nominee from panel The Coalition for GM-free India has urged the Supreme Court to “remove” the Agriculture Ministry’s nominee from the Technical Expert Committee (TEC) on genetically modified crops on account of alleged ‘conflict of interest’ in the matter of a PIL filed on Genetically …
Survey To Update Records Hit Hard By Official Negligence New Delhi: In 2002, Delhi has 177 listed water bodies. By 2006 this number went up to 629. Subsequently, an additional 200 have been identified. However, no exact figure is available as several of the original 629 have disappeared. In fact, …
The Bombay high court (HC) on Monday directed National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) to present short and long term solutions to the civic body by June 20 to curb Godavari river pollution. The high court issued these directives while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by Godavari Gatarikaran …
Plan for sewage treatment plant takes shape, but mafia may pose hurdles Government officials who were apathetic towards the historic Sarakki lake for long seem to have woken up to the need to save the water body. On Friday, they visited the lake for a reality check on its status. …
"We fail to understand as to why the respondents are taking it as an adversarial litigation," said a Bombay high court bench of Justices B P Dharmadhikari and A B Chaudhari in Nagpur while recently rejecting a preliminary plea for dismissal of two Public Interest Litigation against the Vidharbha Irrigation …
Gujarat High Court on Friday directed the Central Government to decide within four weeks the issue of granting approval to the allocation of forest land to Essar Steel Ltd (ESL) near Hazira in Surat district. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala, while disposing …
The Supreme Court Friday sought responses from the Centre and states on a PIL for framing uniform rules for preventing illegal sand mining on river banks. A Bench led by Justice S S Nijjar issued notices on the petition filed by National Legal Services Authority, requesting the court to intervene …
Gujarat high court has issued a stern warning to authorities that officials would be personally held liable if unhygienic conditions at the Civil Hospital and across the city resulted in spread of malaria, dengue and falciparum next monsoon. The court has said that all officials concerned would be held guilty …
The Shramik Mukti Sangathana, Murbad, and project-affected persons have slammed the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) for its 'short-sighted' decision to clear Kalu dam in Thane district involving 1,000 hectares of forests in the Western Ghats. The FAC under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has gone back on its …
Application for Directions filed by Common Cause seeking a seeking a thorough probe into the unlawful interference by the Government in the ongoing investigation by the CBI and the dilution of the status report filed by that organization. The petition relates to the massive scam that occurred in the allocation …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed PUDA to ensure that the builders do not use underground water for construction. Directions were also issued to the authority to ensure installation of electric water meters on bore-wells. The directions follow notifications issued by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), placing …
A Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) and others on a PIL that contended that the authorities have failed to enforce laws to protect the Ganga and provide ecological flow for the river. The …
As many as 2,644 people, called subjects, died during the clinical trials of 475 new drugs on human beings in last seven years and only 17 of the medicines were approved for marketing in India, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court. Responding to allegations by NGO, Swasthya Adhikar Manch, …
Even as the demand for setting up a Bench of the National Green Tribunal with filing facility in the State is mounting, Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court Manjula Chellur has been urged not to refer all environment-related cases to the tribunal. The demand has been raised in the …
Bombay high court on Monday issued notice to State government on a public interest litigation has urged direction for completing its scheme to supply water through pipelines to 69 villages in Vasai and Virar municipal areas. A division bench of Justice Dhananjay Chandrachud and Justice Amjad Sayed heard a petition …
