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 Toys Society of India (TSI) on Thursday told the Bombay high court that if the norms laid down by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) are made mandatory, it will lead to loss of livelihood for many smaller toy manufacturers across India. In a PIL filed by Consumer Welfare …
Mumbai A public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the wake of a flash strike by motormen earlier this year sought formulation of guidelines to be followed by public transport undertakings before going on a strike. The Mumbai Grahak Panchayat filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court and sought a …
New Delhi: Why is there no provision for clean drinking water for citizens in public places like bus stands even though the government has allowed kiosks to come up and sell bottled water? Is right to clean drinking water not part of right to life guaranteed under Article 21 of …
Though agreeing with a PIL that citizens have a right to have free drinking water in public places as a "right to life", the Supreme Court on Monday expressed its inability to monitor the problem as providing the drinking water is a state subject. A bench of Chief Justice S.H. …
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday ordered issue of notice to the Centre, state government and mining companies on a PIL seeking handing over of mining operations to government-owned undertakings. The petition submitted that mineral wealth belongs to the entire nation and it was the bounden duty of the government …
The Karnataka High Court today ordered issue of notice to the Centre, State government and mining companies on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking handing over of mining operations to government-owned undertakings. The petition submitted that mineral wealth belongs to the entire nation and it was the bounden duty of …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court kept its order reserved on a review petition filed by a group of farmers against the high court order giving green signal to Nirma Ltd to put up its cement plant at Mahuva
Giving a last opportunity to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to comply with its orders, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed it to complete rehabilitation of all illegal dairies from urban areas of the city to Ghogha Dairy Colony within a year or face contempt of court charge. …
Ahmedabad: As Gujarat high court on Tuesday began hearing on review petition against its order to give green signal to Nirma Ltd to put up its cement plant on Mahuva
The Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Madan Bhimarao Lokura and Justice UB Saha today, after hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Laxmi Talukdar and others relating to artificial flood of Guwahati along with the problems faced by the citizens of Guwahati for non-disposal …
Shibu Thomas I TNN Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday has asked the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to clarify its stand on the proposed world-class football stadium at Cooperage. The MoEF is expected to place on record its stand on the environment clearances for the project …
The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday directed the State government to start process of removing River Princess vessel from Candolim shore within two months. The Division Bench comprising of Justice D G Karnik and F M Reis also asked the government to make sure that the vessel is …
The rejection of forest clearance for mining Niyamgiri is indeed a historic decision. It has vindicated the historical injustice done, in this case to Dongaria and Kutia Kondh tribal communities, due to the non-recognition of their forest rights on ancestral lands and their habitat in the consolidation of state forests …
How an illegal hotel built on sand dunes nearly escaped High Court demolition orders, reveals CLAUDE ALVARES Our panchayats and their leaders have now become part of an all-Goa scenario of complete non-governance accompanied by acts of brazen manipulation and corruption. Nothing illustrates this better than the
From CK Nayak NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the environment groups, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL field by the Meghalaya Adventurers
The main premise of political ecology is that environmental change is not a neutral process amenable to technical management. Rather, it has political sources, conditions and ramifications that impinge on socio-economic inequalities and political process. The article seeks to provide an introduction to the rapidly growing research field of Third …
The city will soon boast of a cleaner shoreline. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has drafted a concrete phase-wise plan to tidy the entire stretch from Colaba to Tardeo and Haji Ali to Worli village. Eighty metric tonne of waste will be extracted every day along these stretches. The civic …
JOWAI: The Supreme Court will hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal mining in Meghalaya on September 1. Members of the Khliehriat Sub-Division Coal Miners and Welfare Association (KSDCMWA) including its president, secretary and the adviser are already camping in New Delhi to present themselves in the hearing fixed …
Ranchi, Aug. 25: The state’s water resources department will have to wait for a Jharkhand High Court verdict on the fate of Kanhar dam which, once over, can be the lifeline for drought-hit Garhwa district. The delay has been brought about by senior socialist leader and former state health minister …
