Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Tiger Protection Group Vs. U.O.I. & Ors. dated 03/07/2015 regarding direction to regulate the sand mining, stone quarrying and agricultural as well as fishing activity in the National Chambal Sanctuary which according to the Applicant has …
These rules may be called the Mineral (Non-exclusive Reconnaissance Permits) Rules, 2015. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. In these rules, Act means the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957). The State Government may grant a …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of U.M. Shamsudheen Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 22/06/2015 regarding mining of minor minerals in Oarakam village in Thirurangadi Taluk in Mallappuram District, State of Kerala.
Order of the Kolkata High Court in the matter of Sri Saran Singh vs Union Of India & Ors dated 09/06/2015 regarding the constitutional validity of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands Minor Minerals Rules, 2012.
KOLHAPUR: Illegal and unplanned sand excavation in Sangli district has made a devastating impact on the natural habitat of crocodiles along the Krishna river. Along with rampant sand excavation, villagers have started using river banks for farming activities depriving the reptiles of natural habitat, environmental experts said. Environmentalists said there …
A tractor which was set afire by pro-quarrying supporters near Sati Kund, Kankhal, in Haridwar on Tuesday. A Tribune Photo Additional Secretary Rakesh Sharma today said CCTV cameras would be installed at all permitted quarrying lots to keep tabs on activities. He stated this during his talks with Matra Sadan …
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal bench in Pune has restrained two developers from constructing a resort-cum-hotel on a hill top at Lonavla for causing environmental degradation and also endangering property of a welfare home for ageing blind located adjacent to the construction site. In a judgment pronounced on May 26, …
These rules may be called The Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015. They shall extend to the whole of the State of Rajasthan including the areas in which Bapi and proprietary rights are claimed. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Rajasthan Gazette.
In a bid to curb illegal hill cutting, the National Green Tribunal has directed revenue officers to restrain any construction activity on top of the hills from being undertaken under the guise of obtaining extraction permission for minor minerals. The tribunal has asked the officers to seek an immediate report …
Ayakudi Town Panchayat president (AIAMDK) Sundaram (39) and his accomplice Thirukumaran were arrested on charges of illegal sand mining and assaulting a police constable on duty here on Thursday. Siva Ganesan, a police constable to the Ayakudi police station, was admitted to Palani Government hospital. The accused were produced before …
Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday scheduled June 3 as the next date for hearing a public interest litigation on illegal mining on the banks and outskirts if river Kosi. The decision came soon after the advocate general assured the HC that no illegal mining will be permitted in the Ganga …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter NAB Lions Home for Aging Blind Vs Kumar Resorts & Ors. dated 26/05/2015 regarding construction activities by Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 (Kumar Resorts & Kumar Ailani) at village Khandala-(Lonavala), Tal. Maval, district Pune. At the hill-top, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Tony Thomas Vs The Principal Secretary State of Kerala Department of Environment and Climate Change Secretariat dated 20/05/2015 regarding mining and quarrying of minor minerals for construction activities in Kerala.
Taking a strong view of the State Government's declaration on rampant illegal mining, the Jharkhand High Court directed it to immediately close all the illegal mines and crushers being operative in Jharkhand. The court, while hearing a PIL initiated suo motu, also asked the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board to …
The permission to allow mining in Bishanpur and Bhogpur areas of Haridwar district after three days of an announcement regarding its closure has once again stirred a hornet's nest. Even as the district magistrate and director, mining and geology department, pass the buck, Matri Sadan priests on Thursday wrote a …
Daughter petitions Collector to book murder case against miners Seeking action against sand mafia members who hacked her mother to death, a woman from Vickramasingapuram submitted petition to Collector M. Karunakaran on Monday. In her petition, V. Jothi said the sand miners, led by one John Joseph of North Agastihyapuram …
The Uttarakhand high court, taking a serious note of illegal mining of the Kosi riverbed in Udham Singh Nagar's Bajpur, on Wednesday sought responses of the state secretary for industrial development, UDS Nagar district magistrate and the area's divisional forest officer on the issue by April 30. A PIL was …
Hundreds of activists of civil society movements in the State assembled at Muthalamada village in Chittur taluk in Palakkad district on Sunday in a rare show of solidarity against the mining lobby. Activists representing over 20 civil society movements joined hands with the local community in organising the protest. The …
District Magistrate Harish Chand Semwal has directed revenue, administrative, police and irrigation officials to inspect all permitted quarrying lots in the city. The directions come in the wake of reports of illegal quarrying being carried out at the permitted lots. Semwal said there had been complaints of the violation of …
Nexus between political, sand mafia responsible for unabated extraction Jammu and Kashmir is losing nearly Rs 300 crore annually due to illegal extraction of sand, gravel and boulders from rivers as a nexus between sand and political mafia has forced the Geology and Mining Department to silently watch the unlawful …
