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 …
CHINA'S court system concluded 19,000 criminal cases involving environmental pollution and undermining resources in 2015, up 18.8 percent year on year, a work report of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Sunday. Courts at all levels also concluded 78,000 civil cases concerning environmental protection, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said in …
Residents of Kandaneri, a village in Vellore district, have been knocking the doors of the district administration to stop the unauthorised mining of sand from the Palar basin. With the district administration reportedly displaying a nonchalant attitude, a Public Interest Litigation plea with the help of Satta Panchayat was filed …
Ahmedabad: An NGO Shree Mahila Charitable Trust filed four PILs in Gujarat high court (HC) on Wednesday against the government's decision to choose spots within 500 metre of habitation as industrial dumping sites. The PIL claims that this is in violation of the guidelines issued by the HC with regard …
The Election Commission on Tuesday assured the Madras High Court that it will issue an advisory to all parties to avoid use of plastic and polythene for posters and banners during campaign. The EC made the submission on a Public Interest Litigation petition (PIL) moved by advocate A.P. Suryaprakasam objecting …
The Madras High Court has warned the State government that it would be constrained to quash its order regularising encroachments made on water bodies, if a reply is not filed by Friday on a Public Interest Litigation petition pending on the issue. The First Bench of Chief Justice S.K. Kaul …
CUTTACK: The State Government on Wednesday submitted before the Orissa High Court that it would ensure provisioning of drinking water facilities at all schools by the end of August, 2016. Chief Secretary AP Padhy and Secretary, School and Mass Education Ranjana Chopra, who appeared in person before the bench of …
Chennai: The Madras high court has given the Vellore district administration one month to verify whether sand quarrying on Palar river bed was being carried on as per rules, and whether the operators confined their mining activities only to the area and depth specified in rules. A direction to this …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development has decided to include 'Implementation of Dust Free Construction with Innovative Technologies in India' as an additional subject for examination. As dust particles continue to contribute to rising pollution levels, a Parliamentary committee has decided to examine the issue of implementation of ‘dust-free’ …
Accuses Power Minister and Mormugao MLA Milind Naik of taking many U-turns on coal pollution issue VASCO: Newly-formed Mormugao Against Pollution (MAP) has decided to file a PIL before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and High Court soon after the expiry of the 30-day ultimatum issued by MPA to the …
The observation was made while a bench of Justices V M Kanade and Revati Mohite were hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to the BMC to conserve water and stop awarding contracts for watering trees and shrubs during the monsoons. THE Bombay High Court Thursday said that the dust …
Just as the city chief minister announced the details of the second phase of odd-even scheme, a PIL was moved in the Delhi high court alleging that the AAP government has “maliciously misdirected themselves” to cut the number of vehicles on road instead of enforcing pollution control rules. The petition, …
Thane: In an affidavit submitted to the high court on Thursday, the civic administration indirectly admitted about the absence of a designated dumping ground facility to dispose solid waste generated in the city. In the cleverly worded affidavit, Sanjay Herwade, deputy municipal commissioner, who heads the solid waste management department …
Sand & Stones Worth `6cr Are Moved Daily Along a massive 400-sq km belt, considered to be BSP legislator Md Iqbal's “empire“ -the man is being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly amassing unaccounted wealth to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore -one just sees rows and rows of …
Despite the National Green Tribunal (NGT) banning mining along the Neugal river last month, the illegality is being committed with impunity. A bench of the NGT headed by its chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on the petition of local resident Baljeet Singh Bhateria had imposed the ban on mining, quarrying, lifting …
Incidentally, the DPCC report claimed that “trends” showed that levels of PM10 and PM2.5 in the city were “decreasing”. A senior scientist with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) told the Delhi High Court Thursday that pollution levels in the city will never come down to “safe limits” because of …
In yet another measure to control air and noise pollution during the wedding season, the AAP government has constituted a committee to ensure stringent norms for bursting firecrackers are adhered to. Filing an affidavit before the Delhi High Court, the state government said that to review standards of firecrackers during …
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Monday issued prosecution notices to the executive engineer and plant engineer for the Deonar dumping ground, even as residents living in its vicinity staged protests seeking its immediate closure. Dilip Khedkar, regional officer, MPCB, said the notices have been issued under the …
The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the Gujarat government for not implementing the National Food Security Act and wondered whether it was not part of India or wanted to break away from the Union of India. A bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and R.K. Agrawal, hearing a PIL filed …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday questioned the Maharashtra government over its decision to scrap the river regulation zone policy. A division bench headed by Justice Naresh Patil directed that the principal secretary or the deputy secretary of the environment department remain present in court on January 29, to …
The court was hearing a PIL to “ensure” release of funds to the corporations so that the salaries of the workers could be paid. Two separate benches of the Delhi High Court pulled up the Delhi government and the municipal agencies Wednesday for the lack of proper sanitation work and …
