Judgment of the Supreme Court in the matter of In Re: Zudpi Jungle Lands. A batch of applications involved a peculiar issue concerning the situation prevailing in the six districts of eastern Vidarbha region namely Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. The issue pertains to the status of the …
The president of Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers’ Association, PK Sarma, has stressed the need to free the city hills and wetlands from encroachment in order to prevent the recurrence of flash floods. Talking to this correspondent, Sarma, also a co-chairman of the Indian Green Building Council, Guwahati, maintained …
CHENNAI: Camels transported all the way from Rajasthan and Gujarat to be slaughtered in Tamil Nadu ahead of Bakrid and Muharram, may have something to cheer about, after all. The Madras high court has decided to settle the entire gamut of issues concerning camel slaughter, including whether it is permitted …
A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Hyderabad High Court seeking directions to the authorities concerned to take action against the chemical industries and godowns which are functioning illegally at Dhoolapally village in Quthbullapur mandal of Rangareddy district. Petitioners G Satish and two others, residents of Dhoolapally …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Nikhil Rajendra Tayal & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/07/2016. This Application has been moved for stopping construction of a township having built-up area exceeding 20,000 sq.mtrs on land bearing Survey No.248, 257/2, …
In a landmark case, seven-year-old Rabab Ali has sued the government for violating her rights, and the rights of her generation, to a healthy life. "I want the government to give me and my friends a safe environment to grow up in. I want it to help me conserve it …
The state government informed the Bombay High Court on Monday that this year, all police stations in Maharashtra will be equipped with decibel meters to keep a check on Ganpati pandals flouting noise pollution rules. Government pleader Abhinandan Vagyani told the court that an order to procure 1,843 decibel meters …
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday said the state government's "only intention" behind seeking a modification of its order banning construction on and reclamation of wetlands appears to be to destroy them. The court is hearing a PIL regarding non-implementation of the Wetland Rules 2010 in Maharashtra. Last week, …
In a good news for aspiring owners of diesel-run SUVs and cars with engine capacity of 2000cc and above, Supreme Court on Tuesday said it was open to lifting the ban on their registration in Delhi and NCR subject to a levy of one-time environment compensation cess. "We are inclined …
The apex court had on December 16 last year banned registration of diesel-run sports utility vehicles and high-end private cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and above till March 31. In a good news for aspiring owners of diesel-run SUVs and cars with engine capacity of 2000 CC and …
Ahmedabad: Gujarat high court on Wednesday sought reply from the state government in response to a PIL that demanded curb on overloading of heavy vehicles - trucks and buses on state roads for the purpose of road safety. The PIL was filed by a social worker from Viramgam, Rajesh Kareliya. …
Mysuru: Justice Jawad Rahim, judicial member, National Green Tribunal (NGT, New Delhi) on Saturday said that if the state government is found guilty of violating the provisions of Forest Act or environmental laws with regard to development projects taken up at Chamundi Hills, there is a provision under the NGT …
Bilaspur: Chhattisgarh high court has asked the state government to present a plan in three weeks with regard to releasing of wild tusker kept in captivity at Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR). The said plan has to be prepared based on the report of the animal welfare board and its advisory. …
NEW DELHI: The Centre may be pro-active in extending financial assistance to drought-hit states, but activists who visited the affected areas to monitor the situation have found that the compliance of the Supreme Court order on implementing various central schemes to provide relief to distressed farmers remained absent on the …
Petitioners also challenged the constitutional validity of section 62 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 The Supreme Court will hear PILs challenging three government notifications declaring nilgais, wild boars and Rhesus monkeys as vermin, thereby paving the way for their hunting and killing in Bihar, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh …
Wildlife Act’s Section 62 illegal: PIL In her PIL, animal rights activist Gauri Maulekhi has challenged the validity of Section 62 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 that empowered the Centre to let culling of animals to curtail their population Pleading to declare Section 62 as unconstitutional and illegal, the …
Agartala: Eastern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Kolkata has imposed a fine of Rs 1.39 crore on 132 brick industries of Tripura for not complying with the mandatory environment norms. Last year, a Kolkata-based lawyer filed a PIL alleging 1,000 brick kilns in the state were …
The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the BMC to spell out its policy to increase the green cover in Mumbai city. Expressing concern over the issue of depleting tree cover raised in a public interest litigation, a division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Amjad Sayed sought to …
Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought factual data of the number of people who migrated from drought areas to Mumbai. A bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice M S Sonak who heard a suo motu public interest litigation taking cognisance of a news report which highlighted the "pathetic" …
Giving an interim direction, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the concerned executing agencies from throwing any debris and muck resulting from the construction of the road from Udhampur to Banihal, in the rivers Chenab and Tawi, directly or indirectly. The direction was issued by the NGT Principal Bench, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jalbiradari & Others Vs Ministry of Environment & Forests & Others dated 31/05/2016 regarding grant of CRZ Clearance for construction of retaining wall, service road along with the banks of the river Mithi, Mumbai by M/s Mumbai Metropolitan Region and …
