At which road head?
Not the path of economic growth, but the trail leading back to the village is the answer
COVID effect: Pendency of cases in district courts went up by 13% in 2020, finds think tank
Disposal of cases saw a decrease of 42.33%; case filings went down 32%
Nilgiris Elephant Corridor: SC upholds Madras HC order affirming animals’ right of passage
Apex court also sets up committee to look into complaints on the issue
SC stays own decision to transfer environmental cases from high courts to green tribunal
Adarsh housing case underscores lack of clarity on which cases can be decided by NGT
FDI in retail: UPA government agrees to judicial inquiry into Walmart payoffs
Reports say the retail giant spent over Rs 125 crore on lobbying in India
Supreme Court may lift ban on 63 category B mines in Bellary
Sets condition of compensatory payment to resume operations
Goa mine workers take to the streets
Over 100,000 people in the state affected by suspension of mining activity
An ordeal by water
Andhra in a fix over quota
Cancels local body polls as court says reservation can’t exceed 50%
Beating the drought
How some villages stayed afloat even as neighbouring lands parched
Cars, more cars
In Short
In Court
SC imposes ban on field trials of GM crops
SC permits conditional field trials of GM crops
Tamil Nadu villagers protest landfill
Deer don’t need more space
Uttarakhand says extending sanctuary will hamper development
Orissa wants stay on Polavaram
State says environment ministry’s approval overreaches apex court
Centre set to dilute tribal rights over forestland
Affidavit filed in Vedanta case says government can acquire forests in public interest by ‘extinguishing’ tribal rights
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2020)
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 13, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 6, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 19, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 18-22, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal through the week
Andaman & Nicobar wants to take a reverse gear on oil palm
Sixteen years after the Supreme Court banned monoculture plantations in the islands' fragile ecosystem, the administration wants it revoked