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: A high-powered committee and a police officer of the rank of an additional commissioner will vet 87 complaints in slum rehab cases in the city, the Bombay high court ruled on Thursday. "The very object of such welfare schemes would stand frustrated if genuine slum-dwellers are not provided with …
A division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa has slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Secretary for Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India for not filing an affidavit as directed by the High Court in a petition on forest protection pending before it. The secretary …
Delhi government makes a lake and a marshland disappear the Delhi government appears to be determined to construct buildings on lakes instead of restoring them. On August 17, the government filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court saying the Mayapuri lake and Jehangirpuri marshland are not waterbodies and can …
Orders rehabilitation of 900 families affected by Man dam for 12 years, tribal families displaced by Man dam in Madhya Pradesh have been fighting for rehabilitation. On August 11, the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court gave them relief by ordering the state to provide two hectares of …
New Delhi: Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy told the Supreme Court on Friday that experts had warned against going ahead with the Rs 2,400 crore Sethusamudram project in a development that could land the government in an embarassing position. The Manmohan Singh government had earlier boxed itself into a corner …
The CSE report on Sanjay lake situated in East Delhi. This rainwater lake was to be developed before the 2010 Commonwealth Games but the negligence of DDA and the Delhi Tourism Department who are in charge of the lake has made it a pool full of mud and sewage. The …
Anandpur Sahib: Voices against the maiden thermal plant at Tikri village, Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, have grown shriller with Punjab NGO and Nalagarh MLA joining the bandwagon. With environmental clearance public hearing for the project due on September 7, masses are being sensitised on the issue. Two years ago, during a …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed concern over concretization of pavements in the capital, leading to a shrinkage of space for trees and sought response from the Centre and the state government on the issue. The HC was hearing a PIL which pointed out that trees were getting uprooted …
The Delhi High Court sought response from the Centre and the Delhi government on a PIL seeking its direction to de-concretise pavements in the capital. The petition pointed out that trees on the pavements have become weak due to concretisation as roots were not getting sufficient nourishment. Advocate Sugreev Dubey, …
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre and the Delhi government on a PIL seeking its direction to de-concretise pavements in the capital. The petition pointed out that trees on the pavements have become weak due to concretisation as roots were not getting sufficient nourishment. Advocate …
The proposed legislation on food security has the potential to serve as a catalyst for action and it is an opportunity for the State to define the scope of the right to food and mandate robust protection for this right. It can cement the gains made by litigation, but it …
Aug. 13: A public interest litigation was filed in the AP High Court on Thursday seeking a directive to the state government to make wearing of masks in public places mandatory to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus in the state. The petitioner, Mr Sridhar Reddy, the executive director …
Transport operators faced a double whammy on Monday with the Supreme Court refusing to give polluting buses and taxis a new lease of life and Calcutta High Court dismissing a petition challenging the decision to junk seized two-stroke autos. The apex court bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice …
Ahmedabad: Seven people have approached Gujarat High Court, seeking to join the PIL filed over the issue of imposition of fee on Kankaria Lake, but AMC has raised objection for their impleading in the case. A division bench hearing the PIL has kept the next hearing on August 26, when …
Aug. 10: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday declared that calling tenders for granting sand quarrying lease on river beds without getting clearance from the river conservator was illegal. A division bench comprising Justice Goda Raghuram and Justice Ramesh Ranganathan was dealing with a PIL challenging the lease on …
