Public Interest Litigation (PIL)

Judgment of the Supreme Court regarding status of Zudpi lands in Maharashtra, 22/05/2025

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 …

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding ban on sale of fireworks in Delhi NCR, 12/09/2017

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Arjun Gopal vs Union Of India dated 12/09/2017 regarding use of fireworks, sparklers and minor explosives in any form, during festivals or otherwise. Supreme Court said that a graded regulation is necessary which would eventually result in a prohibition. …

SC stays Bombay HC order banning use of loudspeakers

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud issued notice to the social activists on a plea of state government and stayed the September 1 order of high court. Loudspeakers can blare in Mumbai during the Ganapati Visarjan festivities on Tuesday, …

Noise pollution case: 'Allegations hurt Bombay HC reputation, state shows no remorse'

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government was chastised by the Bombay high court on Monday for playing with its dignity and misleading the Chief Justice when the hearing against sound pollution resumed before a bench led by Justice Abhay Oka. Hearing the state's "unconditional withdrawal of allegation of bias" against Justice Oka …

Health secy: 47 died due to dengue and other fevers in TN

Madurai: Fifteen people died due to dengue and 32 people died due to other types of fever with co-morbid conditions in the state from January in 2017, principal secretary of state health department, J Radhakrishnan told the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday when it was hearing …

Hyderabad High Court grills state on borewells

The bench inquired about the incident in Guntur where a two-year-old boy fell into a borewell on August 15. Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court asked the TS government what measures it had taken, in line with Supreme Court guidelines, to prevent small children falling into borewells The court directed the …

Develop environment friendly farming practices: Delhi HC to govt

The court also asked the Central government to explore the possibility of creating a fund for innovation in farming techniques. It told the secretaries of the three ministries to hold a meeting on this aspect. The Delhi High Court has directed the Centre to develop environment-friendly farming practices to reduce …

Mining: SC refuses to keep alive Dharam's plea

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ref­u­s­ed to keep alive a plea that was made by former Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh against a High Court of Karnataka order for recovery of over Rs 23 crore from him for the losses caused to exchequer in transportation of illegally-extracted iron ores. …

Submit action plan on 4,095 defunct tubewells: HC to govt

PATNA: The Patna high court on Wednesday ordered the state government to submit within four weeks its plan and time frame to make the 4,095 non-functional tubewells for irrigation purposes operational in the state. During the hearing of a PIL filed by social worker Vikash Chandra alias Guddu Baba in …

Rs. 35,000-cr. loss on account of illegal mining not correctly projected: CM

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who also holds the Mines portfolio, told the Assembly on Thursday that an assumed figure of about Rs. 35,000 crore loss to the State exchequer on account of illegal mining was found to be not correctly projected. In a written reply to a question by Leader …

PIL in HC seeks steps to tackle sea water pollution

NGO carried out survey along city's coast to find out causes of the problem A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court by an NGO highlighting the dismal condition of sea water, which is extremely polluted along the Mumbai coastline at Marine Drive, Nariman Point, …

Failure to segregate waste at home may cost you

NEW DELHI: A panel of experts set up by Delhi high court to look into the problem of solid waste management in the city has recommended change in the bylaws to include heavy fines for littering and compulsory segregation of waste in every household. In a proposal submitted in HC …

JSW to set up solar project in West Bengal to meet captive needs

Group in advanced talks to rope in foreign major Sajjan Jindal’s $11 billion JSW Group plans to set up 200-250 MW land-based solar project at Salboni in West Bengal to meet captive requirements. The group is in advanced level of discussions to rope in a foreign solar major for the …

Ganga's plight is no different from that of the 'holy cow'

Pollution load in the river Ganga has increased by nearly four times from 2009 to 2016 in the stretch between Haridwar to Kanpur In 1985, the Supreme Court of India issued directions to various authorities to clean up the river Ganga. The Supreme Court's intervention in M C Mehta versus …

Uttarakhand HC tells state health dept to explain in 3 weeks how it plans to improve state’s lone TB sanatorium

NAINITAL: Uttarakhand high court (HC) on Wednesday directed the state health department to submit a report within three weeks about what it intends to do to improve the state's lone TB sanatorium located at Bhowali near Nainital. The division bench of justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and UC Dhyani gave the directions …

Delhi HC seeks answers on air pollution

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the Centre and a few states bordering the capital to inform it of steps taken to check rising air pollution due to stubble burning and bursting of crackers. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and S P Garg asked the …

Start State Cancer Institute in city in 2 yrs: HC tells Maha

Nagpur: In an important development for the city's health sector, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court, on Wednesday, sternly directed Maharashtra government to set up State Cancer Institute (SCI) in the city within two years. It's a huge victory for the petitioner Dr Krishna Kamble and medical fraternity …

PIL seeks inquiry into Zika cover-up

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government's hushing up the spread of the dreaded Zika virus has reached the Gujarat high court. A PIL has demanded a probe into who was responsible for purposely hiding information about the deadly disease in the city and why did they did so. The PIL has been …

Road through Sarobar will disturb ecological balance: Green activists

Kolkata: The Calcutta high court judge who was on the bench that barred the entry of cars into Rabindra Sarobar has questioned the necessity of a road through the Lake area that serve as the lungs of south Kolkata. "Justice Umesh Chandra Banerjee and I passed an order against entry …

Activists blame political inaction for pollution in Yamuna

People voted the BJP to power at the Centre and UP with a hope that sincere efforts would be made to clean it. However, inaction by both the govt so far has disheartened the people," chief of Vishwa Shanti Sewa Charitable Trust said. Politicians, irrespective of their affiliation, have ignored …

Total ban on mining in Ganga uncalled for: Haridwarseers

HARIDWAR: Haridwar seers don't favour a total ban on mining in the Ganga, even as Swami Shivanand of Matri Sadan ashram is holding an indefinite fast and many environmentalists arguing that there is no scientific basis for conducting mining in the river. Seers said although they were deeply concerned about …

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