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 …
Environmentalists continue protest; say development shouldn’t come at the cost of nature Environmentalists and the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) have decided to file a public interest petition with the National Green Tribunal in Chennai against the State government’s proposed development projects on Chamundi Hills, including the plan to lay a …
Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Monday issued a notice to the state government on a PIL asking it to strictly adhere to the priorities enumerated in the State Water Policy 2010 and to clarify through an affidavit about the water crisis and measures adopted by it to tackle the …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for washing off its hands in the name of federalism and doing nothing substantial for the drought-affected states when about 33 crore population in the country is affected due to drought. The court was equally upset with the stubborn attitude of …
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), in an affidavit to the Uttarakhand High Court on Monday, mentioned that a total of 922 incidents of forest fires had occurred in Uttarakhand, destroying 1890.79 hectares till April 29 this year. The fires had resulted in losses to the tune of …
Taking serious note of drought situation in parts of the country, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to create a disaster mitigation fund to tackle drought like conditions in parts of the country along with revising the drought management manual to provide effective relief to calamity-hit farmers. Responding …
Government sources said that the modified policy was ready and it will be promulgated once the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the region due to the Talala assembly bypoll is over. The Gujarat Government is all set to introduce the modified land use policy for the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) …
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government of the measures it will take to ensure potable water is made available to drought affected villages across the state. "How will people survive without water?" asked a division bench of Justice Vidyasagar Kanade and Justice Makarand Karnik. "Is …
In the late 1990s, a similar directive by the apex court led to the conversion of all non-CNG public transport vehicles to CNG. The Supreme Court order passed on Saturday banning all non-CNG cabs from the NCR is not Delhi’s first brush with such a mass conversion of diesel and …
Aurangabad: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court on Monday questioned the Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) when it would place before the general body the state government letter asking it to take appropriate action against the private partner in the Rs 792-crore parallel water supply scheme. The public interest …
In a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Rattan Singh and others seeking demolition or removal of the encroachments on the water bodies /wetland reserves and other reserves within the State, Division Bench of State High Court comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur today directed …
Citing an expert committee report on fuels, the State government recently told the Gujarat High Court that CNG would prove to be more harmful to the environment than diesel ‘as CNG engines emit more greenhouse gases than diesel’. In its affidavit filed before the High Court, the State also expressed …
Gaya: Taking serious note of the acute water crisis prevailing in the town and alleged anomalies in the implementation of the project to lay new pipelines and construct a mega water tower, the Patna high court has directed the PHED to submit a status report and action plan to meet …
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that around 33 crore people in 256 districts of 10 states are affected due to drought. The government said that has so far released Rs.19,555 crore (out of total amount 38,500cr allotted under MNREGA) in current financial year to drought …
Use of high decibel fire crackers must be banned at all Kerala temples, a senior Kerala High Court Judge suggested today, seeking immediate judicial intervention by the court to stop "man-made" tragedies like Kollam mishap. In a letter to Registrar General of the high court, Justice V Chitambaresh said, "The …
BENGALURU: Taking a cue from Mumbai, a city-based priest filed a public interest litigation in the high court seeking directions to BWSSB to check injudicious use of water for Indian Premier League matches by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) at Chinnaswamy Stadium in the city. Petitioner Srinivasa Sharma, a …
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the State Pollution Control Board to collect fresh samples from the sewage treatment plants around the Dal Lake, including STPs set up by the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Hotel Centaur Lake View, SKICC and Grand Palace. The board has also …
Senior counsel Rafiq Dada, appearing for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that cricket pitches were not watered a day before the match and on the day of the match. Various cricket associations harvested rainwater and used groundwater for the …
CHENNAI: It appears that religious institutions have a wrong notion that the blessings of God cannot be obtained unless there is loud noise of religious songs or chantings through cone and other banned types of speakers, the Madras High Court has observed. Prayers in all religions had been going on …
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department to decide on further investigation into illegal granite mining. The First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice M.M. Sundresh passed the direction on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) …
Nagpur: Peeved over non-compliance of its directives and cases of violation regarding noise pollution in city, the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the commissioner of police (CP) to start a helpline for citizens to report violation, especially at night. A division bench comprising Justice Bhushan Gavai …
