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) …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kedar Nath Yadav Vs State of West Bengal And Others dated 31/08/2016 regarding acquisition of land by Tata Motors Ltd. to an extent of about 1000 acres within the mouzas Gopalnagar, Singherberi, Beraberi, Khaserberi and Bajemelia, P.S. Singur, District …
In December 2015, plantation company PT Bumi Mekar Hijau was acquitted in a civil suit the government had filed against it for letting fires ravage its land in 2014. Now, an appeals court has reversed that decision, ordering the company to pay $6 million in compensation. Environmentalists wished the company …
Mercedes-Benz, which recently launched the the petrol variant of its best selling SUV in India GLE 400, is also cranking up its petrol strategy in India. s demand for diesel variants of luxury cars and SUVs dips in the wake of pollution concerns, companies like Mercedes-Benz and Audi are rushing …
Volkswagen AG has agreed to spend more than $1.2 billion to compensate its 650 US dealers for their losses from the German automaker's diesel emissions scandal, two sources briefed on the matter said on Thursday. The company and a lawyer for VW dealers announced a tentative settlement at a court …
The public cost of dealing with the aftermath of the March 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s stricken Fukushima No. 1 plant topped ¥4.2 trillion by the end of fiscal 2015, it was learned Sunday. The cumulative total at the end of last March, including costs …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Doaba Paryavaran Samiti Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 29/08/2016 regarding contaminated drinking water in six districts of Western Uttar Pradesh. NGT directs issuance of show cause notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh and Jal Nigam to …
Rejecting GVK Group firm Alaknanda Hydro Power Company's contention that the 2013 cloudburst and floods in Uttarakhand was an "act of god", the National Green Tribunal has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 9.26 crore to the persons affected by the disaster. The green panel held the company …
German luxury carmaker Mercedes- Benz plans to offer petrol variants for all its models sold in India by next month so as to align with the demand shift following uncertainty over diesel vehicles in the wake of pollution concerns. The company, which today launched the petrol variant of its best …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K. K.Subramaniam & Others Vs Loss of Ecology (Prevention & Payment of Compensation) Authority & Others dated 26/08/2016 regarding loss of agricultural yield (Thoppampaptti Village, Thennilai keezh Bhavani Ayacut, Aravakurichi Taluk, Karur District, Tamil Nadu) due to …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday slapped an environment compensation of Rs 25 lakh on Assam- based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for destruction of forest cover in Golaghat district to construct a boundary wall for a golf course. While directing NRL to demolish the boundary wall near Deopahar protected reserve …
At least Rs 400 crore collected under the "polluter pays" principle in recent times and Rs 300 crore out of the entire pollution cess on diesel sold in the capital since 2008 are yet to be utilised to improve the air quality in the capital. Though the state government, the …
Kampala — As the debate on the proposed government amendments to the Land Act rages on, the Uganda National Roads Authority has also proposed new amendments to the Land Acquisition Act, 1965 as a measure to expedite infrastructure projects in the country and check the skyrocketing compensation costs. The Lands …
Five years after the shipping carrier -M V Rak sank 20 nautical miles off the South Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea causing marine pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday slapped Rs100 crore penalty on the Qatar-based Delta Navigation as "environmental compensation" for dumping the cargo in the …
After initial enthusiasm in enforcing the ban on the use of plastic bags, the Municipal Corporation seems to have forgotten its orders issued in April this year. While a few shopkeepers were issued challans for using polythene during the first few days of the ban, almost every shopkeeper can be …
Delta and Adani have been directed to pay Rs 100 crore and Rs 5 crore, respectively, for polluting marine environment NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro The Principal bench of the National Green tribunal (NGT) today directed Delta Marine Shipping Company (Delta Shipping Marine Services SA and …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore and Rs 5 crore on Qatar-based Delta Navigation and Adani Enterprises Ltd. respectively, in connection with the 2011 Mumbai oil spill case. The tribunal also sought to know from an expert committee as to what should …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked Panama-based Delta Shipping Marine Services SA and its two Qatar-based sister companies to pay R100 crore as damages for the 2011 Mumbai oil spill. It also asked Adani Enterprises to cough up R5 crore for polluting the marine environment. The National Green …
When the bench inquired why RFIDs were yet to be installed, the government said the transport department was rethinking the idea. The Supreme Court Monday ordered the Delhi government to install radio-frequency identification devices (RFIDs) to facilitate imposition of green cess on commercial vehicles entering the capital. A bench led …
Madhwaraj said his department will soon streamline the inland fisheries sector to weed out the menace of middlemen. The state government will soon convene a meeting of fisheries ministers of all maritime states besides their counterpart in the Union Government to work out a fishing policy at the national level. …
In a landmark judgment, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held Alaknanda Hydro Power Co. Ltd. - GVK liable for payment of compensation for lack of proper care in storing muck from a construction project, which allowed the material to flow during the floods in Srinagar, District Pauri, Uttarakhand in …
