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 …
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday appointed a three-member expert committee to study the tidal movement of the Mithi river after construction of a 300-metre long wall on the Vakola Nalla. The committee, which has been told to submit a report in four week, will also look at the …
Mumbai The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said that no non-forest activity can be permitted in the areas where mangroves grow, even if such areas have not been yet declared as
Mumbai: Concerned about the depleting green cover, the Bombay High Court has pulled up the state government for not protecting tress in the state. The division bench of acting chief justice JN Patel and justice BR Gavai on Thursday issued a show-cause notice to Sanjay Kurvey, deputy director (town planning) …
Thiruvananthapuram: The issue of encroachments in Munnar on Wednesday returned to haunt the CPM-led Left Democratic Front government in the state with Kerala high court seeking a report in this regard. Expressing concern, a bench of Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan observed,
The clean image of the Naveen Patnaik Government could well be consigned to a bottomless pit if recent charges about the organised plunder of the state's precious mineral wealth manage to stick. As allegations of crores of rupees changing hands to permit illegal mining began flying thick and fast, the …
CUTTACK: Claiming that some ministers, senior ruling party leaders and IAS officers are involved in the multi-crore mining scam in Orissa, a retired army personnel has filed a PIL in Orissa High Court seeking CBI probe into the entire gamut of mining activities in the State. Alleging that the ongoing …
A PIL was filed in Guwahati High Court objecting against construction of a big dam at Gerukamikh undertaken by National Hydro-Electric Power Corporation (NHPC. However the honourable High Court after hearing the litigant parties rejected it on the ground that as per Article 262 of the Constitution a hearing on …
Mumbai The Bombay Environmental Action Group (BEAG), which is battling for decongestion of city traffic through implementation of the Traffic Restraint Scheme, submitted in the court on Wednesday that the
MADURAI: A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here against the proposed expansion of Sterlite Industries in Tuticorin district on the ground that it might seriously affect the environment. A Division Bench comprising Justice Prabha Sridevan and Justice B. Rajendran ordered notice to …
MADURAI: A public interest litigation (PIL) petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here against the establishment of a 1200 MW coal fired thermal power plant at Mela Arasaradi panchayat in Ottapidaram taluk of Tuticorin district. A Division Bench comprising Justice Prabha Sridevan and Justice B. Rajendran …
After hearing a PIL filed by people of Bhuli in Dhanbad, who are facing eviction, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday told the Centre and State Government to issue proper instruction in the matter. Petitioner Sushil Kumar Singh has alleged that Bharat Coking Coal Limited is forcefully and illegally evicting …
The State Government has constituted a special committee to look into rising cases of illegal hill-cutting in the State and also stated that a policy for the protection of hills is being framed. Advocate General Subodh Kantak made the statement before the Division Bench of Justice V K Tahilramani and …
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice A K Mittal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday issued notices to Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL); the state transport commissioner and the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by …
Mohamed Imranullah S. MADURAI: A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here to restrain the Union Civil Aviation Ministry, Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Tiruchi Collector from acquiring agricultural lands in Keelakurichi village for expanding the international airport. A Division Bench …
Hyderabad, Dec. 4: The Obulapuram Mining Company, owned by Mr Gali Janardhan Reddy, tourism minister of Karnataka, and Anantapur Mining Corporation, owned by his wife on Friday approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court against the letters written by the ministry of environment and forests, Government of India. The ministry sent …
