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, October 22 The Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that the state government is competent to change a zone from Green to Industrial. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Shetkari Sangarsh Samiti from Pezari village in Alibaug. The state government is acquiring 2500 acre of …
Udhagamandalam, A high level committee comprising Ambuj Sharma, principal secretary , Revenue Department, M S Farooqi, principal secretary, Industries Department, Mani Shankar, High Court lawyer, and Sridhar Ramamoorthy , an expert from the Geological Institute in New Delhi, inspected quarries in the Nilgiris district and received petitions from the public …
PANJIM, OCT 13 The petitions pertaining to Special Economic Zone (SEZs) that were scheduled for hearing on Monday, were adjourned for next date of hearing on November 17. The SEZ stakeholders are before High Court challenging the State government
THE penalty for excessive honking is set to be increased to Rs 2,000 for every offence. According to an affidavit filed by the State government before the Bombay High Court in response to a PIL filed by city-based NGO Awaaz Foundation on the issue of noise pollution, the State Transport …
Increasing the green cover in Gujarat may be high on government's agenda but the court is already questioning its 'negligence' about protecting trees. A public interest litigation has been filed in Gujarat High Court by social worker Abduljabbar Ghanchi seeking an order for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Gujarat State …
DH News Service, Bangalore: The State government has promised to protect all the lakes in the State including the live tanks in the City by fencing and increasing the green cover around them. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation by B Krishna Bhat, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D …
Rajahmundry, Sept. 15: Environmentalists are up in arms against authorities from the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APIDC) for giving clearance to set up industrial units in ecologically sensitive areas, violating environmental norms. They contend that the APIIDC has given permission for setting up two thermal power plants in …
the Supreme Court on August 12 issued notice to the Centre on an application seeking a moratorium on allowing the cultivation of any genetically modified (gm) crop in the country. Hearing a pil filed by Aruna Rodrigues, P V Satheesh, Devinder Sharma and Rajeev Baruah in 2005, the court stated …
AHMEDABAD: In a relief to the Adani Group, Gujarat High Court, on Monday, disposed of the petition filed by a group of fishermen against the Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) seeking a stay on the alleged construction activity on creeks in the southern coast of Kutch. A division Bench …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government has given a clean chit to Adani Group owned Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) as the Kutch collectorate and Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) have stated before Gujarat High Court that no filling work on three disputed creeks in the southern coast of Kutch is being …
Mumbai, August 27 The BMC has proposed to display the names of the trees on board for easy identification. This has been stated in an affidavit filed by the BMC to the Bombay High Court. The affidavit has been filed by Superintendent of Garden Vijaykumar Dande in response to a …
Rajahmundry, Aug. 27: The AP High Court directed the Krishna district collector to stop the clearance of mangroves and mud flats at Polatitippa village of Machilipatnam mandal and asked the latter to send a detailed report on the development following a public interest litigation filed by former secretary of Government …
Bangalore, DHNS: The High Court has stayed the auction of a plot of land at K Gollahalli in Kengeri Hobli. Following a public Interest Litigation by R Suresh and others, residents of Gollahalli village, the Court has stayed the auction of over four acres land, which was scheduled on August …
Neha Sinha New Delhi, August 13 Now, DPCC can search, confiscate material from illegal plastic manufacturing and recycling units in city Giving its ruling on arguably the city's biggest choker and polluter, plastics, the Delhi High Court has given more teeth to the normally toothless Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). …
The future of two hydel power plants is stalled in the wake of a stand off between two different NGOs contesting over its religious and developmental implications in the state. Supreme Court verdict on a PIL will decide the victor in the battle over power generation versus religious sentiments till …
Mumbai, July 28 The Bombay High Court on Monday gave the go-ahead for the development and infrastructure projects which do not involve destruction of mangroves in the Navi Mumbai area. A division bench comprising Justice J N Patel and Justice K U Chandiwal permitted the CIDCO and the Central Railways …
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned not to fell trees or alienate any land, particularly from sanctuaries, national parks, bio-spheres (reserved area) by issuing pattas or by any other means of alienation. A division bench of the High Court comprising Justice I.M. Quddushi and Justice …
Mumbai, July 22 Centre, state directed to create public awareness on need to protect water bodies and environment In A 10-page judgment on Tuesday, the Bombay High Court directed the Union government and state government to expeditiously formulate guidelines regarding immersion of idols during the Ganesh Chaturthi and Durga Puja …
