Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
the Manipur government has renewed its interest in setting up the 1,500 mw Tipaimukh multi-purpose project on the Barak at an estimated Rs 2,899 crore (at July 1995 levels). The project was held up due to the agitation led by R K Priyabrata Singh, chairman of the Manipur-based Action Committee …
the us department of justice has ordered a shipping company to pay compen-sation for an oil spill, which killed millions of lobsters and other wildlife of the Block Island Sound, near Rhode Island, usa . The department has directed Eklof Marine Corporation ( emc ) to pay us $16 million, …
After a marathon trial that went on for two years, a jury in Miami, Florida, ordered major US companies to pay US $145 billion in punitive damages for injuring hundreds of thousands of smokers. The verdict has dwarfed other damages verdicts in the US, including the US $5 billion that …
the Kerala government has finally promulgated the Kerala Forest (Vesting and management of ecologically sensitive lands) Ordinance, 2000, which gives it the power to take ownership of all lands considered
Should right to a clean environment be made a fundamental right? It is a fundamental right that can be enforced in the court of law. A person who is affected by environmental pollution can enforce his right to life. Should there be harsher laws to deal with pollution? There are …
in an event hailed as a "major breakthrough" by Klaus Topfer, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme ( unep ), a liability protocol which offers monetary compensation to victims hurt in the process of handling toxic wastes came into being in December 1999. While it is the first …
the general manager, deputy general manager and chief executive of Indian Oil Corporation ( ioc ) have been served notices by seven farmers of Mota Thavaria village near Jamnagar in Gujarat. They are demanding a payment of Rs 7.25 crore as compensation for damage to their farmland caused by leakage …
for over 20 years, the Paducah uranium processing plant in Kentucky, usa, hid information about radiation levels in the factory from its staff. This was despite the fact that its employees used to collapse on the factory floor or suffered from serious ailments, including leukaemia. These findings have come to …
in spite of protests by villagers of Pulichintala, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed to construct a Rs 675-crore dam downstream of the Nagarjuna Sagar Project near the village in Guntur district. Speaking to a news agency , Krishna Rao, superintendent engineer of the project said, "Around 16,000 people of …
several political parties have demanded that south Haryana should be declared "drought-hit' and have asked for adequate compensation to the affected farmers for the loss incurred due to water shortage. They have even threatened to intensify their agitation. According to reports, standing crops in Rohtak, Sonepat, Rewari, Jhajjar, Gurgaon and …
The Union Carbide India Ltd. (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, which used to manufacture (among other products) the pesticide Sevin (carbaryl) gained world-wide recognition as a result of the tragic chemical disaster on the night of 2-3rd December 1984. The accident, involving a massive release of methylisocyanate (MIC) gas, resulted …
The Bangladesh government along with the United Nations Environment Programme (unep) has decided to conduct a fresh survey to determine the extent of damage caused by the devastating accident at the Magurchhara gas well in 1997. uncoal, the us company which took over Occidental's operation in Bangladesh, has agreed to …
on january 12, farmers gathered in large numbers in Multai in Betul district, Madhya Pradesh, demanding compensation for crops damaged by severe rain and hailstorms. Unable to disperse the crowd, the police opened fire without warning, killing 19 and injuring around 500 people. Described as "more gruesome than Jallianwala', the …
a pulp and fibre unit, owned by Grasim Industries, is facing criticism from Kerala-based environmentalists led by the Chaliyar Action Council. On July 12, the council demanded immediate closure of the unit, along with full compensation for victims of pollution in the area. At a press conference held recently, council …
the Birla Textiles Mills have not paid dues to over 2,300 workers who had gathered in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, alleges P K Sahi of the All India Federation for Trade Union Congress. The factory
JAMAL KIDWAI there is a notice in bold, red lettering on the gate of Super Leathers Industry, a tannery in the Nangloi area of Outer Delhi. It says that the factory has been closed following the July 8 , 1996, order by the Supreme Court ( sc ), which directed …
To check the growing abuse of public interest petitions, the Supreme Court has said, "The public must be compensated both for the delay in implementation of the project and the cost escalation resulting from such a delay.' Justice B N Kirpal and Justice Sujata V Manohar, while setting aside a …
The Supreme Court has ruled that so long as a person is not cured of impotency or a disease like AIDS, his right to me" cannot be enforced by a court of law. He is also not entitled to compensation from the hospital which has disclosed his/her state of health …
A Rs 56-crore World Bank (WB) plan for ecodevelopment in the Nagarhole national park has been criticised by tribal activists. The 6,888 adivasi families living in the forests see the WB plan as a threat. Though it does not insist on displacement of tribal families, the plan encourages a voluntary …
