Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of State of Uttar Pradesh & Others Vs Gaurav Kumar & Others dated 08/05/2025. The bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Manoj Misra categorically stated that the Supreme Court "upholds the law and the regulations governing sand mining, demanding zero …
Karnataka will ask the Centre to exempt 730 villages from the purview of the Kasturirangan report, which has recommended restrictions on 1,580 villages considering their ecological sensitivity. The state cabinet, which met on Monday, also decided to seek relaxation of sand and soil extraction restrictions, keeping in mind the livelihood …
Bangalore: The Karnataka government objected to the recommendations of the Dr K Kasturirangan committee to ban quarrying and sand mining in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats. The high-level working group (HLWG) on the Western Ghats, headed by Planning Commission member K Kasturirangan, submitted its report in October 2013. It called …
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to stop sand mining from the river Padma at Charghat, Rajshahi immediately to protect its ecology from further damage. A bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar also asked the government to submit a compliance report to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. dated 29/04/2014 regarding sand mining on the river bank of Yamuna in the territory of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/171-2013(OA)_29Apr2014.pdf
A batch of writ petitions have been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here challenging the refusal of National Green Tribunal to restrain Public Works Department from quarrying sand in 11 different locations in Cauvery and Kollidam riverbeds. When the matter came up before a Division Bench of Justice …
With a slew of infrastructure projects underway in the district, sand mining has emerged as a lucrative business. Taking advantage of the rising demand, sand mafia have come into business and are not only looting natural resources but also Government revenue. Though three sand lifting points on river Ib bank …
AHMEDABAD: In a big relief to the mining lease holders across the state, Gujarat high court on Monday recalled its order asking the state government to cancel all sand mining leases that do not have environment clearance. The bench headed by Justice R R Tripathi cancelled its order of February …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of K. Selvarangam Vs. The District Collector, Thiruvallur dated 17/04/2014 regarding illegal quarrying of sand is going on at Puthu Eri, Nayapakkam village, Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu. The Tribunal has come down heavily on District Collector, Cuddalore …
The district administration has not taken any step to resume its flagship project `System for Attumanal Neutral Distribution’ (SAND) even as people have been facing acute shortage of sand. The district administration had launched the webbased project in April 2012 to distribute sand to bona fide applicants at a reasonable …
Cherupuzha River has claimed the lives of innocents, including children. But the river itself is a victim of indiscriminate sand mining. Years of illegal sand mining has led to the formation of deep underwater pits on the river bed, covered flimsily by underwater rocks, giving a false sense of security …
The state’s special investigating team (SIT) probing the illegal sand mining held its meeting here today. The three-member SIT headed by Patiala Inspector-General (IG) Nirmal Singh Dhillon recorded the statements of a few people also. Dhillon, Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti, Commandant, 4th CDO Bn, SAS Nagar, and Mining Department Joint …
Katlabodi tigress and her three sub-adult cubs seem to be under severe threat from brick kilns on the edge of reserve forest areas in Kalmeshwar range, 35km from Nagpur. The Katlabodi tigress was rescued by forest officials from a well in Bandhara, 40km from Nagpur, on February 7, 2011 and …
The controversy surrounding the alleged illegal sand mining at Gurugarh village near Machhiwara refuses to die down. Villagers say it has been nearly three months since the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued an order directing the Khanna police to take appropriate action, but nothing had been done so far. …
National Green Tribunal (NGT), Bhopal bench, has served notices to the state government for violation of environmental laws in issuance of lease for sand mining in Betul and Hoshangabad districts. District-level environment committee gave the nod for the lease. Major and minor mining leases have been allotted in 10 km …
Mining stopped following National Green Tribunal sought Environment Clearance for it Mining of river sand may be resumed for six months in Kerala after obtaining the quantity of sand collected from each ghat last year. District Collectors have been asked to furnish the data in the absence of current audit …
Bullock cart operators and labourers, owing allegiance to the Tiruchi District Sand Bullock Cart Labourers’ Association, staged a demonstration in the city on Tuesday urging the Public Works Department to grant them permission to transport sand from the Cauvery and the Coleroon rivers in the Tiruchi region. The protesters said …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Ashok Kumar Vs. Union of India & Ors. And Noida Lok Manch Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 26/03/2014 regarding illegal sand mining on Indian Air Force land in Faridabad. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/72-2014(MApp)_26Mar2014.pdf Previous Orders: …
In what may be considered as a big relief to the construction industry in and around Nagpur, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has vacated the stay on excavation of sand from Nagpur and Bhandara sand ghats on January 13, 2014. The NGT disposed of the petition with observations that it …
Though the Supreme Court has given directions to the state government to check illegal mining along riverbeds, large-scale illegal mining of sand from the Beas is going on unchecked from Jalogi to Thalot. Hundreds of JCBs and tractors have been engaged by local contractors to extract sand from the Beas …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Shri. Dnyaneshwar s/o Kisanji Gadhve Vs Ministry of Environment and Forest & Others dated 14/03/2014 regarding mining of sand beds of Nagpur & Bhandra districts and Environment Clearance for mining projects in these areas. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/judgment/6_2014(App)(WZ)_14Mar2014_final_order.pdf
