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 …
Pune District Collector Chandrakant Dalvi will address a meeting on December 5 to review the probe into large-scale irregularities in allotment of forest land in Pune. The probe had suffered a setback due to the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. In May, the state government had ordered the inquiry to …
Karnataka High Court has directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) to submit a report on the number of people who have received permission to enter the protected forest areas in the State. A PIL was filed by Cheranda Nand Subbaiah of Virajpet on Tuesday, against Forest Departments at …
LUCKNOW: The high court on Friday sought reply of the state government on a PIL seeking timely availability of fertilisers to farmers in the state. The court fixed November 26 for next hearing of the case. The order came on the PIL filed by five farmers from Lucknow, Pilibhit, Sitapur …
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on immersion of idols in rivers. The petitioner had pointed out the pollution caused in river Yamuna due to idol immersion. However, the court was of the view that a ban involved the question of right …
LUCKNOW: Several teams constituted by the UP Pollution Control Board inspected 44 tanneries in Kanpur district on Wednesday. The teams were constituted by the UPPCB as a follow-up to an order passed by the Allahabad High Court early in November. The bench comprising justice Ashok Bhushan and justice Arun Tandon …
Public interest litigation has historically been an innovative judicial procedure for enhancing the social and economic rights of disadvantaged and marginalized groups in India. In recent years, however, a number of criticisms of public interest litigation have emerged, including concerns related to separation of powers, judicial capacity, and inequality. These …
Public interest litigation has historically been an innovative judicial procedure for enhancing the social and economic rights of disadvantaged and marginalized groups in India. In recent years, however, a number of criticisms of public interest litigation have emerged, including concerns related to separation of powers, judicial capacity, and inequality. These …
Pune Inquiry ordered in May was delayed due to elections The probe involving large-scale irregularities in allotment of forest land in Pune will now pick up speed with the Lok Sabha polls in April and Assembly polls being over. In May, the state government had ordered the inquiry to find …
Even as the state of Punjab has notified the master plan for Ludhiana, the ones for Patiala, Bathinda and Jalandhar are in the process of being finalised. As a public interest litigation (PIL) on encroachments and other issues in the three cities came up for hearing before Punjab and Haryana …
The Coorg Wildlife Society could not obtain an interim stay order on the mini hydel project being run by Bhoruka Power Corporation Limited at Manjadka. The Society had filed a PIL asking for a stay on the project, as it was harming the environment. The petitioners stated that the Central …
The High Court on Wednesday ordered a stay on sand mining for violating the terms of conditional approval. Lakappa Kariennavar had filed a PIL, challenging the sand mining undertaken at Survey 174/175/176 at Jamdaddi village in Jamkhandi taluk in Bagalkot district. The petitioner argued that Suresh Akkivat, had been given …
CHENNAI: Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop all dam construction activities at various points on the Ganga, especially from the Bhagirathi river stage. Addressing mediapersons here on Tuesday, Dr. Swamy said that during his two days trekking up the Ganga banks from Haridwar …
A Division Bench of Justice Mr Aniruddha Bose and Justice Mr Sanjib Banerjee of Calcutta High Court today directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to inquire into the possibility of any construction work harming a 2,000-bigha waterbody in Howrah and file a report by 30 October. The matter …
Oct. 6: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday put a brake on the chairperson of the district review committee interfering with sanctioning and approving works under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS). A division bench comprising Chief Justice Anil R. Dave and Justice C.V. Nagarjuna Reddy made it …
Supreme Court judgement dated 06/10/2009 on river Noyyal pollution. The Court was of the opinion that there has been unabated pollution by the members of Tirupur Dyeing Factory Owners. They cannot escape the responsibility to meet out the expenses of reversing the ecology. They are bound to meet the expenses …
Mumbai: In response to a PIL filed by Awaaz foundation, the Bombay high court, on Thursday, directed for the constitution of a committee with representatives from the BMC, the MPCB and other relevant departments to examine the noise levels at helipads. The committee has been asked to record the noise …
In the national context, the role of environment law in fostering sustainable development is significant. For this purpose, WWF India established the Centre for Environmental law in 1993 to strengthen the professional and educational support base for environmental law and policy in India. The Centre for Environmental Law is a …
The Delhi high court sought a report from the DJB on a PIL alleging that the water supply has been `zero' in several parts of east Delhi for the last few months : The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought a report from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on a …
