Environment Law News No plan to dump nuclear waste at Kolar: Narayanasamy November 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In the Prime Minister’s Office the Union Minister of State V Narayanasamy said that Nuclear waste from the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) will not be stored in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka. Queried by reporters about Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. (NPCIL) planning to store the nuclear waste from KNPP in KGF, Narayanasamy refuted […] Read more » department of atomic energy dump nuclear waste fuel from KNPP at KGF. K.H. Muniyappa Kolar Lok Sabha representing Kolar Narayanasamy Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy Prime Minister's Office Union Minister of State V Narayanasamy V. Narayanasamy
Environment Law News India wants liberalising visas for disaster relief teams November 8, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Advocating liberalised grant of visas for disaster relief teams, India asked the 18 member nations of East Asia Summit to create a framework for coordination of international assistance during natural disasters such as earthquakes. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, inaugurating a two-day ‘EAS-India Workshop 2012 on Building Regional Framework for Earthquake Risk Management’ here, said a […] Read more » Advocating liberalised grant certain magnitude and intensity channelise humanitarian assistance Earthquake Risk Management EAS-India Workshop 2012 on Building Regional Framework East Asia Summit Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Medical aid
Environment Law News Supreme Court concerned over smog and pollution in Delhi November 7, 2012 / November 7, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court expressed concern over the rising pollution and smog in the national capital and decided to deal with it. “We are concerned with the level of smog in the city. Everyday we are hearing about the rising level of pollution in the city. We will deal with the matter,” a bench headed by […] Read more » Bhopal gas tragedy Chief Justice Altamas Kabir MeT officials pollution in Delhi smoggy condition smoggy weather Supreme Court Union Carbide plant
Environment Law News Supreme Court seeks information on spent n-fuel October 18, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Wednesday the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has been asked by The Supreme Court asked to tell how it was reprocessing and storing unusable spent radioactive fuel of nuclear power plants? the apex court bench of Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Dipak Misra said to Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman, who appeared for […] Read more » eeks information on spent n-fuel fuel Supreme Court
Environment Law News Supreme Court notice to centre, Odisha on coal field lease October 16, 2012 / October 16, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment On Monday a notice issued by The Supreme Court to the central and Odisha governments on a petition seeking the cancellation of coal mining lease of a joint venture between Orissa Mining Corporation and a private company. Purna Chandra Sahu (Petitioner) has also sought a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the lease of Utkal […] Read more » Coal field lease Odisha coal field Supreme court notice on coal field lease
Environment Law News Firm fined Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws May 6, 2012 by Legal India Admin | 4 Comments on Firm fined Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws In a landmark judgment, the green bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday imposed Rs.100 crore in damages on Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL), a subsidiary of the JP Group, for having set up a cement plant and the dismantling of a thermal plant, both in the state’s Solan district, by violating environment laws and […] Read more » Justice Deepak Gupta Justice Sanjay Karol Nalagarh-based environment NGO Himparivesh Environment Protection Society Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Nalagarh-based environment NGO Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws violating environmental laws
Environment Law News Court questions MCD on Yamuna bank enclosures February 24, 2012 / February 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court Thursday directed the MCD to file an affidavit explaining the reason for delay in constructing special enclosures on the Yamuna river bank for immersion of idols during festivals. A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi asked the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to explain by May 8 why it failed to comply […] Read more » Delhi High Court Justice Vipin Sanghi Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Yamuna river bank
Environment Law News Green tribunal to hear plea against new Hindon river bridge January 24, 2012 / January 24, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court has told a petitioner to move the National Green Tribunal over his allegation of an environmental threat from a proposed bridge over the Hindon river in Ghaziabad, a lawyer said Monday. The plea may come up before the tribunal Feb 14. Vikrant Sharma withdrew the petition, filed on behalf of the Rashtriya […] Read more » Hindon river bridge Karhera bridge National Green Tribunal Supreme Court
Environment Law News Hygiene in Delhi: Court notice to civic agencies December 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Expressing anguish over the civic agencies’ failure in hygienic upkeep in the national capital, the Delhi High Court Wednesday asked for explanations from government departments and officials on a petition that pointed out poor state of public toilets, infrastructure and facilities in health and educational institutions. NGO Nyaya Bhoomi filed before the high court a […] Read more » Chief Justice A.K. Sikri Court notice to civic agencies Delhi High Court Hygiene in Delhi Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
Environment Law News ‘Rohtang’s ecology needs preservation’ November 27, 2011 / November 27, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Human interference disturbing the fragile ecology of a high Himalayan mountain pass overlooking this tourist resort has caught the attention of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. It has directed the officers concerned to bring all records related to the ongoing construction activity near the Rohtang Pass (13,050 ft), located 52 km from here, on next […] Read more » ‘Rohtang’s ecology needs preservation’ Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Rajeev Sharma Justice Sanjay Karol
Environment Law News Court stops Goa from privatising hospital August 12, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court in Panaji Friday put a stop to Goa’s first attempt to partly privatise a district hospital, directing the government to reconsider the tendering process adopted to lease out healthcare premises to a private medical care agency. The order of the Panaji bench of Bombay High Court also asked the Goa government […] Read more » Court stops Goa from privatising hospital Goa from privatising hospital Shalby hospitals
Environment Law News Supreme Court panel to decide on endosulphan export August 6, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court today asked an expert panel appointed by it to explore the possibility of exporting the existing stock of banned pesticide Endosulfan here to other countries. The apex court, which sought answers on various questions related to Endosulfan, also wanted to know from the expert body, how the quantity of the pesticide after […] Read more » Chief Justice SH Kapadia endosulphan export ICMR Indian Council Medical Research justice KS Radhakrishnan Justice Swatanter Kumar Supreme Court