Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The groundwater in sample-tested areas of Tondiarpet, where an oil leak from a pipeline was reported in July, is severely contaminated with petroleum products, an IIT Madras team has said in its preliminary report. The water could remain polluted for several decades if no remedial measures were taken, it added. …
The Madras High Court has passed an interim injunction restraining Shanghai Electric from violating its February 2012 agreement with Chennai-based Vayuvidyut Projects to manufacture wind turbines in India. The order, passed recently, was in response to a petition filed by Vayuvidyut Projects, which alleged that Shanghai Electric terminated its 10-year …
The Madras high court has restored the diesel dual pricing policy according to which bulk consumers must buy diesel by paying about Rs 12 more than the retail rates. The first bench comprising acting chief justice R K Agrawal and justice N Paul Vasasnthakumar, passing orders on an appeal filed …
The Madras High Court on Friday gave its nod to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), clearing the decks for the fuel loading and commissioning of unit 1 of the controversy-hit Indo-Russian project. Dismissing a batch of petitions challenging commissioning of units 1 and 2 of KNPP, a division bench …
Clearing the decks for the commissioning of the much-delayed Kudankulam nuclear power plant, the Madras high court on Friday gave its green light saying there was no illegality in its plan and execution. A division bench of Justice P Jyothimani and Justice MDuraiswamy, dismissing all the petitions that sought either …
Foodstuffs collected from different regions in India were analyzed for the presence of HCH (BHC), DDT, HCB, aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor, and PCBs. Significantly high levels of food contamination with HCH, DDT, aldrin, and dieldrin were evident throughout India. Dairy products and livestock meat are the prime sources of human dietary …
