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 …
labour welfare ignored: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and state governments of Haryana and Delhi on a public interest petition seeking welfare measures for mine and construction workers. The petition filed by non-profit People
Mumbai Procedure for seeking permission to cut trees for redevelopment is faulty, says PIL The Tree Authority has informed the Bombay High Court that they allowed felling of dead and dangerous trees after receiving complaints from citizens. Tree officer Vijaykumar Dande states in an affidavit that after several complaints are …
Hearing a PIL by K P Satish Kumar, who has moved the High Court against the illegal quarries at Yerekatter, Harogappa and Bannur villages in Shikaripura taluk, the division bench following the report by DCF Shimoga, has directed for action. The High Court has directed the State government to initiate …
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday sought a report on illegal sand mining operations in coastal districts of Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and neighbouring Navi Mumbai area. A bunch of PILs, including the one filed by city-based NGO Janhit Manch, has alleged that illegal sand mining is being carried out in …
Pune MPKV farm is one of three such sites in India The Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth (MPKV) said it has decided to stop genetically modified (GM) crop trials for corn at its fields in Kolhapur. The trails began in December 2008 and MPKV land in Kolhapur was one of the …
LUCKNOW: Could NBRI be dumping radioactive waste in Gomti directly through its sewage system? Knowing that radioactive material can induce cancer, birth defects and infertility in humans directly exposed to it, releasing it in Gomti is a huge big ecological disaster. A Bareilly-based NGO, Shree Mahalaxmi Aushadhiya Paudha Sanrakshan Vikas …
During the Supreme Court (SC) hearing on 18th of March, the court appointed Central Empowered Committee brought in notice of the apex court the condition of Badkhal lake. When counsel A D N Rao showed the satellite images of the lake to the justice Bench, then they were worried and …
Only committees for fighting fire 1922: First committee set up under the coal ministry to check the Jharia fire and prevent subsidence. No action taken on its report. 1964: Director of CMRI appointed to carry out a survey and suggest measures to save coal that had caught fire. 1976: The …
Court ban may not solve biomedical waste problem NEW hospitals, clinics and healthcare facilities will not be sanctioned in Mumbai, for the time being. This follows a ban imposed by the Bombay High Court, on February 26. The court passed the order on a public interest petition after the city …
Handbook of Environmental Law: by P B Sahasranaman, Oxford University Press, Price Rs 895. The book analyses the response of the Supreme Court and high courts to public interest litigation. It also examines concepts such as the polluter pays principle, the precautionary principle, the and the public trust doctrine Land …
CHENNAI: The State government has taken notice of a public interest litigation petition before the Madras High Court seeking a direction to authorities concerned to ban manufacture, distribution and use of all types of plastic carry bags and also single use plastic items below 150 microns. In his petition, A. …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday suo motu enlarged the scope of an eightyear-old PIL seeking protection of vanishing wetlands in the country and asked the Centre to detail within four weeks the steps it has taken to solve the growing water crisis faced by the people. A bench …
Mumbai Asks district collectors to revoke permissions, inform civic body to cancel rights on such land. In a bid to preempt any more construction on private forest land, the state government has ordered all non-agriculture permissions issued on such lands to be revoked. The state Revenue and Forest Department issued …
Solan: Peeved over the alleged indifference of the Haryana state Government and the Centre towards the bad condition of the Pinjore-Baddi stretch of National Highway 21A, the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries
The High Court has ordered injunction against the laying railway lines through a reserve forest patch in Challakere, Chitradurga taluk, for iron ore mining. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by Animal and Environment Welfare Association, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice V G Sabhahit …
March 7: Public interest litigation was filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a direction not to register small agricultural land. The petition was filed by Mr V. Srinivasa Rao of Piduguralla of Guntur. He submitted that allowing sale transactions of small agricultural lands one cent and two cents …
Dismisses PIL Saying It Will Not Allow Haryana To Become A Desert Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: A day before Haryana auctions mining leases, many of which fall within the eco-sensitive Aravali zone, the Supreme Court sent a stern warning to the government: It will not tolerate any mining …
The present Act and Rules seeks to correct the historical injustice done to Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers, by granting them security of tenure over individual and community holdings, ownership of Minor Forest Produce, Nistar and Grazing Rights and adequate safeguards for their rehabilitation, in cases of their …
The PIL filed by INFORSE-IDL in Madras High Court, asking for a complete ban on manufacture, trading and use of 'use & throw plastic products & carry bags upto 150 microns thickness (both virgin & recycled) and kudams/containers made of recycled plastics. It is submitted that Government of Tamilnadu originally …
