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 …
With the High Court directing to cancel the notification issued by the district administration for the acquisition of three acre land belonging to Agriculture University in Madikeri, the process of constructing a private bus stand by the CMC will receive a set back. S P Mahadevappa and three others had …
New Delhi: Taking suo motu cognizance of a Sunday TOI report showing alarming levels of toxicity in vegetables and fruits in India, a concerned Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the Delhi and central government to respond. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Manmohan converted the …
Rampant use of banned pesticides in fruits and vegetables, which continues to put at risk the life of the common man, forced the Delhi high court to take suo motu cognisance over the matter after going through a media report. A division bench comprising Delhi high court Chief Justice Dipak …
MUMBAI: The state government has been careless in its duty to protect the flora and fauna of the state - as is evident from its move to promote mining tourism in Sindhudurg - but the Bombay high court has not forgotten its green responsibility. In a bid to stop the …
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has faced yet another hurdle in the path to get clearance for her massive statues being constructed in Noida green area with the Wildlife Board claiming that the project required its clearance too.The fresh objection came as part of an affidavit filed by the Union …
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has extended the stay on the order of the Madras High Court with regard to Sterlite Industries till the second week of December. A Bench comprising Justices R V Raveendran and H L Gokhale directed the respondents to file their replies in four weeks and …
Asks for counter affidavit by October 28 MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Monday asked the State government to spell out its stand on turning the draft Tamil Nadu Throwaway Plastic Articles (Prohibition of Sale, Storage, Distribution and Transport) Bill, pending since 2003, into legislation. Hearing a suo …
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition questioning the constitutional amendment made 32 years ago giving the government complete right to acquire land and property of an individual for public purposes.
Further quarrying should not be allowed: panel MADURAI: A three-member commission appointed by the Madras High Court Bench here has concluded that excess sand quarrying on five sites along the stretch of Tamirabarani, the only perennial river of the State flowing through Tuticorin and Tirunelveli districts, has created an ecological …
Cuttack: In a significant order, the Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to direct all district magistrates and SPs to sensitise people against animal sacrifices which are still practised in some Shakti Peethas. The court order came in the wake of a government affidavit and Advocate General …
The river bed as well as the banks of the Ganga stretching from Jalangi to Diamond Harbour is to be cleaned up of all debris within 24 hours after the immersion of images of Goddess Durga, the Division Bench of Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Justice Shukla Kabir Sinha held today. …
Mumbai A group of social workers and environmentalists from Pune have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court against Lavasa Corporation and the state government for alleged irregularity in the Lavasa Township Project. The petitioners alleged that the state government had given the environmental clearance for …
The Gujarat High Court today asked the state government to frame a policy on forming district and taluka level committees for checking illegal mining activities. Division Bench of Chief Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya and KM Thakar passed an order in this regard while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal …
The largest inhabited river island in the world, the Majuli island, located in the Brahmaputra River of the Jorhat district in eastern Assam has been under a serious threat due to river erosion since the past few decades defying all the protective measures taken by the government agencies concerned to …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the state government to form committees, comprising collector, DSP and subdivisional magistrates, in every district to curb illegal mining across the state. Acting on an PIL filed by RTI activist Amit Jethava against alleged illegal mining carried out in the prohibited Gir sanctuary, …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed the review petition filed by a group of farmers against the court verdict giving green signal to Nirma Ltd to construct a cement plant along Mahuva’s coastline. Shree Mahuva Bandhara Khetiwadi Pariyavan Bachav Samittee, which had fil-PIL in the high ed the …
The Punjab government in response to an ongoing public interest litigation (PIL) demanding protection of Sukhna Lake from deterioration today submitted that
The State government on Monday told High Court that the draft Goa Land Development and Building Constructions Regulations (GLDBCR), 2008, has been finalised. The State government in its affidavit stated that GLDBCR, 2008 has been finalised and notified in the Official Gazette on September 9, 2010. It also stated that …
