Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Others Vs Department of Environment & Forests & Others dated 19/08/2019 regarding cleaniness of Goverdhan Paravat and its Parikarma. The Court Commissioner, Anand V. Shukla visited the site on two festivals and reported that compliance …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Municipal Council, Amarkantak Vs Digamber Jain Regional Committee & Others dated 02/08/2019 regarding construction by Municipal Council of Amarkantak of a block of bio-toilets at a distance of about 70 meters from the Narmada Kund. The NGT, through its …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal & Others dated 29/07/2019 regarding discharge of municipal solid waste and plastic bags in and around Tarapith area, Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal. Report submitted by the District …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal & Others dated 29/07/2019 regarding discharge of municipal solid waste and plastic bags in and around Tarapith area, Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal. Report submitted by the District …
Haridwar: Despite the National Green Tribunal's (NGTs) ban on the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags in the pilgrim cities of Haridwar and Rishikesh, the use of polythene bags is going on unabated in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar during the kanwar yatra with traders rampantly using them in the kanwar …
The Assam government Thursday stopped transportation of four elephants to Gujarat for the Jagannath Rath Yatra in Ahmedabad due to prevailing heat wave in North-West India. The Gauhati High Court in a PIL had earlier this week asked the government to pass an appropriate order by Thursday considering the safety …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Others Vs Department of Environment & Forests & Others dated 27/06/2019 regarding delay in the constitution of a Shrine Board for three temples of Govardhan - Jatipura, Dhanghati and Mansi Ganga. The NGT directed A.K …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Others Vs Department of Environment & Forests & Others dated 29/05/2019 regarding renovation of an old three storeyed guest house in Radha Kund, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. On renovation, this guest house would facilitate the stay …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Manikesh Chaturvedi Vs International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) & Others dated 17/05/2019 regarding environmental clearance for the construction of Sri Vrindavan Chandra Mandir at Vrindavan. Report submitted by the CPCB points to deficiencies in rain water harvesting, operation of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakshan Sansthan & Others Vs Department of Environment & Forests & Others dated 17/05/2019 regarding violation of Environment Protection Act 1986 in and around Giriraj Parvat and Parikrama Marg, Goverdhan, District Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The issues raised included …
PERSONAL ISSUES: Body says trust not ‘consumer’ as per definition in Consumer Protection Act The state consumer disputes redressal commission (SCDRC) while dismissing a complaint by the Haji Ali Dargah Trust said that its plea cannot be entertained because it is not a “consumer” as per the definition in the …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 22/04/2019 regarding the remedial measures to deal with the waste generated during Kumbh at Allahabad. The report received from Justice Arun Tandon, Chairman of the Supervisory Committee states that a …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Arjun Gopal & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 11/04/2019 use of firecrackers in Thrissur Pooram festival in Kerala. SC allows the display of fireworks but the applicant-temples should get a written approval to be granted by …
The Goa Forward Party has written a letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking relaxation of the Noise Pollution Rules during traditional religious activities. Goa Deputy Chief Minister and GFP chief Vijai Sardesai said in the letter that ECI's flying squads had stopped Shigmo festival celebrations recently, and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sanjiv Tiwari Vs Digamber Jain & Others dated 09/04/2019 regarding construction of toilets 100 meters away from the temples/kunds and also for shifting the existing one upto that distance in Amarkantak in Anuppur district. These measures are for checking pollution …
The Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai has come into the public spotlight with sorted garbage bins illustrated in Chinese, English and Japanese. Juexing, abbot of the Jade Buddha Temple, called on Buddhist worshippers and tourists visiting the temple to engage in garbage sorting. "Garbage sorting is a good way to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of NCR Paper Mill Association Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board dated 19/12/2018. This appeal is against the order of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) under Section 33A of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 temporarily closing …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee Vs Chief Secretary, Govt. of West Bengal & Others dated 03/12/2018 regarding pollution of Tarapith area, Birbhum District, West Bengal. NGT directs the State Respondents to submit an affidavit on the issue of unregulated disposal of municipal waste …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Vs Gauri Maulekhi & Others dated 26/11/2018 regarding disposal of dung of mules carrying pilgrims from Katra to Bhavan. It is submitted that the provision for Solid Waste Management made by the Mata …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Basant Pant, Editor Dehradun Ki Jhalak Vs. State of Uttarakhand dated 09/10/2018. Proceedings have been initiated in this matter on a letter alleging that there is lot of waste dumped in the area from Kaddukhal Bazar to Surkanda Devi Temple …
