Calcutta High Court directs state, central governments to pay pending wages to MGNREGA workers
Central government owes West Bengal Rs 2,764 crore in wages for MGNREGA workers
Meet the colour-changing, herbivorous spiny-tailed lizard
Tal Chhapar sanctuary, home to the reptile, gets protective cover by Rajasthan High Court against reducing its size
Good News: Great Indian Bustards lay 20 eggs
Four of the birds laid two eggs each in Rajasthan’s Desert National park; authorities say conservation efforts are paying off
COVID-19: Calcutta High Court passes judgment to protect rights of para teachers
Para teachers collective had filed a petition seeking deadline relaxation for an activity amid COVID-19 pandemic
Sexual assault under POCSO Act: A child rights perspective
When the Act is subject to interpretation, it is overshadowed with enhanced possibilities to overlook the spirit and objective of the law, as a …
Hundreds of forest dwellers reach Delhi to demand rights
The hearing into the case regarding the Forest Rights Act will take place on November 26
Supreme Court holds emergency hearing on Delhi air pollution
Just Arun Mishra cites Right to Life as of utmost importance, expresses displeasure on Centre & Delhi govts blaming each other
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 25, 2019)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2019)
More than two decades after SC order, deemed forests still undefined
The Forest Advisory Committee recently asked states to come up with a criterion and identify these forests
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 4, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2019)
Pollution in news on April 17
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around pollution
The last line of defence: Indigenous rights and Adani's land deal
An Indigenous group is bringing legal action against Adani, which may create a roadblock to building infrastructure around Carmichael coal mine
Bob Dylan and BS-III vehicles
The Supreme Court recently quoted the iconic singer and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan, in its judgment banning BS-III vehicles
You can’t deprive people of food, livelihood: HC on UP slaughterhouse crackdown
Facilitating operations of legal slaughterhouses is important as that’s related to food and food habits, which is undisputedly connected …
First, justify jallikattu?
If the tradition has to be kept alive in spirit, then its proponents must muster courage to walk the talk
Trouble in India’s rhino paradise
Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in 2016 — most recently on December 22 — but experts still see many reasons for hope
NGT orders Centre to test cosmetics containing microbeads
An NGT bench has asked the Centre to ensure no dangerous cosmetics are allowed to manufacture and sold to the public
SC orders Kerala to compensate Endosulfan victims in 90 days
Over 20 years of aerial spraying on cashew plantations in Kerala and other states has left many with mental and physical disorders
Going backward
As the Maratha community in Maharashtra finally gets 16 per cent reservation in government jobs and education, Down To Earth profiles other …
Apex court rejects petition against NH-7 widening project
Petitioners have been asked to appear before the Bombay High Court and inform it about the measures needed to be taken for tiger conservation
SC issues notice to Centre, states on complete tobacco ban
Bollywood actor Sunil Rajpal petition states tobacco industry's plea that it generates revenue for government does not hold good
SC notice to Haryana, Rajasthan for failing to check mining in the Aravallis
Asks the two states to file report on what they have done to implement the mining ban ordered in 2002
Gram sabha to be consulted on Vedanta's mining project, says SC
Apex court gives Sterlite, OMCL three months to submit project proposal to affected gram sabhas