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 …
There is dissonance in the Supreme Court over dealing with social issues through PILs M J Antony / New Delhi August 25, 2010, 0:53 IST When the Supreme Court was established in 1950, there were eight judges, who sat as one “bench” and decided comparatively few cases. Old timers say …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has rejected a PIL seeking directions to authorities to prevent people from immersing idols in water bodies during religious festivities so as to avoid water pollution. The petitioner, Kalpesh Barot from Surat, however, had not mentioned any example of pollution and could not provide data in …
Cuttack: While the Centre on several occasions has made its intentions clear that it was willing to provide all logistic support to the CBI if the country's premier investigating agency is entrusted to probe into the Rs 1,000-crore mining scam in Odisha, its counsel on Thursday sought at least 10 …
New Delhi: Concerned over application of artificial colours into fruits and vegetables that are being consumed in the capital, the Delhi high court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the state government. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justice Manmohan issued a notice to the Delhi government …
BHUBANESWAR: Sharply reacting to the objections raised by the N C Saxena Committee to the proposal to allow bauxite mining by the Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) in the Niyamgiri hills, the State Government on Tuesday asserted that all decisions have been taken as per the Supreme Court directive. The findings …
FOUR months after the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) cleared a thermal power project in Vizianagaram district in north coastal Andhra Pradesh, two civil society group moved the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) challenging the decision. Their petition said MoEF gave clearance to the 2,640 MW plant based on …
RTI activist Amit B Jethava, president of Gir Nature Youth Club, was shot dead by two armed assailants on July 20 night outside the Gujarat High Court in Ahmedabad. He was fighting against alleged illegal limestone mining in Gir Sanctuary Gujarat. The 200 sq km area is home to the …
Mining ActivityYoginder GuptaChandigarh, August 12A dichotomous situation regarding mining without prior environment clearance has arisen in the adjoining states of Haryana and Punjab because of contradictory orders issued by different Benches of the High Court.While mining in Haryana has been stopped as it is not permitted without prior clearance from …
New Delhi: The Raman Singh government just got one day from the Supreme Court on Wednesday to respond to some searching questions on mitigating the plight of poor tribals caught in the crossfire between Naxals and Salwa Judum, the state-sponsored vigilante group, in Chhattisgarh
ANAND S.T. DASPATNA A senior BJP eader has been carrying out an untiring judicial and pub ic crusade for Bihar and Jharkhand's rights over its share of the Sone river's water, which gets illegally diverted by neighbouring Uttar Pradesh for an NTPC hermal power plant, endangering farmland irrigation in arge …
Goa government fears that allowing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the State would result in another Nandigram like situation in the State. Advocate General Subodh Kantak on Thursday made the statement before the Bombay High Court at Goa while responding to the petitions filed by SEZ promoters and Public Interest …
On July 21, barely a fortnight after he filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court seeking an end to illegal limestone mining along the Gir wildlife sanctuary, 36-year-old activist Amit Jethava was killed. He was shot from point blank range on a busy highway in Ahmedabad, minutes after he …
Is the sparkling liquid harmless as claimed, asks FREDDY DIAS The twang of an aerated bottle being opened brings forth a foaming and bubbling drink. You sip on it; and it feels exhilarating. The sparkling liquid, it is claimed, is free from alcohol and other habit-forming drugs. But is it …
S C Mehra, a retired Air commodore from the Indian Air Force, misses his friends in South Delhi's Sukhdev Vihar locality. One and a half years ago, he and his wife moved out of their house in Sukhdev Vihar when they could no longer stand the pollution from a bio-medical …
The Bombay High Court at Goa will hear the final argument over petitions and public interest litigations (PIL) related to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on July 27 and 28. The Division Bench comprising of Justice A S Oka and Justice F M Reis today adjourned the final argument on a …
Ahmedabad: An environmental activist, Amit Jethava, was shot dead outside the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday night. The incident took place at 8.45pm when Jethava, who had come out of the bar council
ANGUL: The Orissa High Court has issued notices to the Secretary of Union Surface Transport ministry and the District Collector of Dhenkanal besides the Bhusan Steel Limited authorities to submit their reply in four weeks on the issue of encroachments of canal land. Similarly, the Secretaries of Irrigation, Revenue and …
