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 …
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has sought explanations from six companies and the state government over complaints of pollution by villagers in Sanand taluka that companies discharge chemical effluents in gaucher land. Acting on a PIL filed by an NGO on behalf of Chacharwadi-Vasna village, a division bench headed by …
Responding to a PIL filed by the Shramik Mukti Sanghatna, the Bombay high court on Thursday asked the state if clearances from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) are required to build a dam on Kalu river in Thane. The Shramik Mukti Sanghatna has alleged that the dam is …
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon rope in a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to assist with the rehabilitation of over 7,000 families under the Tansa rehabilitation project. With an aim to secure the water mains from pilferage, the BMC had begun the project to remove slumdwellers along the Tansa main …
The Haryana Government has earned over Rs 230 crore from auction of mining rights in seven districts. The figure is likely to touch Rs 250 crore when mining sites in Mahendragarh district will be put up for auction tomorrow. The auctions in Panchkula, Ambala, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Karnal, Faridabad and Bhiwani …
ACTING on complaints of severe water shortage in Gurgaon, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 20 asked the Central Ground Water Authority, or CGWA, to provide the details of groundwater levels in the fast-expanding industrial and financial hub. It set August 5 as the deadline. In February, the …
POSCO’S steel plant project in Odisha may get stalled again. As the state resumes acquiring land for the country’s largest foreign direct investment project—US $12 billion—it faces a fresh litigation and mounting protests. Communities refuse to part with forest in the mining area and river water for the South Korean …
June 11 saw 2,000 residents of Dhinkia and Govindapur—including women and children—prostrating on the scorching 45ºC degree sand, as 800 policemen stood alert trying to enter the proposed POSCO sites to acquire forestland. The villagers were protesting the land acquisition for the POSCO plant which resumed on May 18, 2011, …
To take Mayawati's government head-on on farmers issue, state Congress would organise a massive Kisan Maha Panchayat in or near Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida under the leadership of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi before June 25. ''UP Congress would hold chaupals at all the villages which are affected due to …
There will be no more public hearings on Loktak Downstream project as villagers have expressed their opinion in its favour after the first and the only hearing was held at Thangal village of Tamenglong yesterday. A statement was signed jointly by Tamenglong deputy commissioner K. Panmei and member secretary of …
The hearing in a Public Interest Litigation on Lal Chowk traffic mess and specification of age of vehicles will conclude tomorrow and the High Court is also expected to deliver its judgment in this regard. According to advocate G M Wani who has filed PIL in this regard, the Court …
The Bombay high court on Monday directed the environment department of the Maharashtra government, the state pollution control board, BMC and other authorities to file affidavits on the steps taken to control pollution during immersion of idols.Thecourtwashearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the NGO, Janhit Manch, and its …
RECENTLY, THERE has been an attempt to besmirch the reputation of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in the public eye. Greater concern attaches to the fact that on 11 May, the Supreme Court (SC) criticised the ‘conduct’ of the NBA, which stood “discredited in the eyes of the court” and …
Introduction of Haemophilus Influenza type B (HiB) containing pentavalent vaccines in the Universal Immunization Program (UIP) was a far sighted decision taken in 2009 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. This decision was based on the recommendations of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) …
RIGHT to property is a Constitutional right. The Supreme Court said this on April 18 dismissing acquisition of land by the Uttar Pradesh government near Greater Noida. The judgement has stirred a long-standing debate over property—whether the State has the supreme rights or the individual owner. The judgement was in …
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking stay on the ongoing land acquisition for the Posco project near Paradip till June three and asked the petitioners to file a fresh affidavit. The court, which was scheduled to hear the case filed by some …
HC issues notices to Centre, state govt and Posco India on PILs filed by affected villagers Land acquisition work for the Posco project suffered a setback on the third day today due to non-cooperation of the villagers who backed out of the process as a mark of protest over the …
To take stock of water bodies in the city, including ponds that have been filled in and encroached upon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to map them.
THE Delhi government plans to set up a Waterbodies Authority for proper restoration and maintenance of lakes and wetlands in the city. The proposal to bring all waterbodies under one umbrella came up at a recent review meeting of waterbodies’ restoration work. Currently, lakes and wetlands in Delhi are under …
