The arguments for and against the coastal road in Mumbai are long-drawn and expected to stretch over the week. At the end of the hearing in the case on Tuesday, however, the Bombay High Court sounded a word of caution for protection of the environment and Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog …
The arguments for and against the coastal road in Mumbai are long-drawn and expected to stretch over the week. At the end of the hearing in the case on Tuesday, however, the Bombay High Court sounded a word of caution for protection of the environment and Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog …
The Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petition filed by FSSAI against a Bombay High Court judgment. The high court, in the Vital Nutraceuticals case, had held that the product approval scheme which was issued through an advisory has no force of law because the procedure laid in Section …
The country's apex consumer dispute re dressal commission NCDRC, on Monday admit ted the Centre's complain against Nestle India seeking Rs 640 crore for its alleged unfair trade and deceptive practices pertaining to Maggi instant noodles. Issuing notice to Nestle, the commission directed it to respond by September 30 (the …
The Bombay high court has set a 15-day deadline for the state government to prepare a comprehensive plan for protection of wetlands. The move follows a public interest litigation alleging inaction on part of the state in responding to complaints of reclamation and construction on wetlands. The direction was issued …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Karukvel Ayyanar Enterprises Chennai & Others Vs The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India New Delhi and others dated 25/02/2014 regarding manufacture and sale of packaged drinking water without Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification …
Idol worship has been in the practice in India since ancient time. In present scenario, metals, ornaments, oily substances, synthetic colours,chemical are used to make polish and decorate idols for worship and when theseidols are immersed our aquatic and surrounding environment get severally affected. Hence, there is urgent need to …
New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with diverse compounds that will successfully drive drug discovery programmes, particularly for neglected diseases like tuberculosis and malaria. CSIR had launched …
The Bombay High Court on Monday stayed construction at the site of the Sea Rock Hotel in Bandra even as its developer undertook not to engage in any building activity until the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) approved a higher floor space index (FSI). The court also clarified that …
With the new year approaching, the forest department is gearing to get its boots dirty and dig trenches to safeguard its land from encroachers. With 2,232 illegal structures, incsluding shanties, huts and pucca houses, razed so far, the department has now spread its patrolling to prevent these structures coming up …
The Bombay high court has permitted a social activist to make the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) a respondent in a public interest litigation on the alleged irrigation scam in Maharashtra. Petitioner Pravin Wategaonkar made an oral plea on the addition before a bench headed by Justice Ajay Khanwilkar on …
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday directed the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society to file a formal application seeking the transfer of petition challenging the demolition order to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). A division bench of acting Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated also directed the …
The Maharashtra government on Wednesday filed its reply in the Bombay HC on the irrigation scam. It denied allegations of nexus between ministers and contractors in several projects and attributed delays and rising costs in several projects to opposition raised by project-affected persons (PAPs) over their rehabilitation. The state also …
The high court bench of acting Chief Justice D D Sinha and Justice K K Tated on Tuesday directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to file its reply to a plea by Adarsh housing society to transfer its petition challenging the demolition order to the National Green …
The Bombay High Court has directed the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) to file its reply to a plea by the controversial Adarsh housing society to transfer its petition challenging the demolition order to the National Green Tribunal (NGT). A division bench of acting Chief Justice DD Sinha …
Years after the forestland issue cropped up in Mulund, residents of the area continue to struggle, while politicians continue to take advantage of it. Rakesh Shetty, national youth wing president, Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), has decided to go on a fast unto death in Nagpurfrom Wednesday, demanding justice …
The Bombay High Court has asked a seed manufacturing company to pay compensation of Rs 45 lakh to 164 farmers in Maharashtra for supplying defective seeds as a result of which the crop quality suffered. The High Court ordered the compensation while upholding an order of the Controller and Director …
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said if the Supreme Court has directed all cases pertaining to environment law to be heard by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), then even the controversial Adarsh Housing Society matter will automatically stand transferred. This observation was made by a division bench of Justices …
The Bombay high court on Tuesday indicated that it was not in favor of citizens approaching it every time they wanted to host a cultural festival and wanted noise rules to be relaxed. "It would be odd that for every cultural festival people approach the court to seek relaxation of …
The Bombay High Court has said it will decide whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010 can be used to adjudicate alleged irregularities by the Lavasa township. A bench will now decide whether the NGT is competent enough to judge Lavasa-related issues, in light of the objections raised …
