Court digest: Major environment hearings in January
While every week, Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, high courts and National Green Tribunal, here …
After ‘bias’ row, Bombay HC judge brought back to hear noise pollution case
Maharashtra government faced flak for accusing Justice Oka of bias and trying to transfer the case to a different bench
Delhi High Court scraps ban on 344 fixed combination drugs
Health ministry banned 344 fixed combination drugs in March fearing antimicrobial resistance and other health hazards
Victory for Bangla arsenic victims
The High Court in London confirmed that the British Geological Survey has a reasonable case to answer and that the victims have a realistic …
Sabarmati pollution: Inspect all industrial effluent treatment plants, Gujarat HC tells government
Domestic waste water and industrial effluent generated daily by Ahmedabad is discharged into the Sabarmati
Pollution’s underbelly
We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Jan 21-25)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
In a first, Madras High Court sets up ‘Environmental Fund’
Amounts received would be used for planting and nurturing trees as well as cleaning water bodies
Avoiding harm - how simple a duty is it?
The London High Court judgment on arsenic poisoning cases in Bangladesh explicity clears the way for affected people to claim compensation. …
No truck with reason
It's a clear sell-out. The Union ministry of road transport and highways (MRTH) has given ground to truckers who ended their strike recently: the …
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When judges copy
Should the rules on plagiarism matter as much as the independent analysis made by judges in adjudicating cases?
SC stays Uttarakhand HC order declaring Ganga, Yamuna living entities
The Uttarakhand government had challenged the order on the ground that the victims of floods in the Ganga and Yamuna could sue the guardians of …
No IPL matches in Maharashtra after April 30, orders Bombay High Court
The court ruled that the water crisis in the state could be solved if water used in maintaining cricket pitches was diverted to drought-affected …
A mistake of judgment
Pioneering though the work has been, judicial activism has restricted the growth of a responsible and independent bureaucracy
Chhattisgarh High Court prevents PSU from evicting forest rights title holders
Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation had started mining in Sarguja district’s Pathrai village, where 50 Individual Forest Rights …
Delhi HC directs environment ministry to prepare action plan on e-waste inventory
The ministry is asked to look into Centre for Science and Environment's report and prepare an action plan in two months on how an inventory of e-…
Ajodhya villagers, forest dwellers stop Bengal govt project at court for now
The state government acquired the land for Turga Pumped Storage Project illegally, ruled the Calcutta high court
Delhi HC asks city authorities if there is a policy to dispose toxic e-waste
The court expressed concern over the rising e-waste in the capital city and asked the municipal bodies and government whether there was a policy …
Two die during an eviction drive in Kaziranga National Park
Without making any arrangements to accommodate the displaced, police fire tear gas on people resisting eviction
Bombay High Court allows inaugural IPL match to commence
Questions the timing of the petition filed against water being provided to cricket stadia for IPL matches in drought-hit Maharashtra
Not testing the waters
Case filed against British geological body for not providing information on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh's wells