Environment Law News Illegal mining a reality: Chief Justice Kapadia July 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said that illegal mining was going on in various states of the country and called upon the central government to put in place a regulator for both appraisal and pricing of extracted minerals. ‘Illegal mining is going on in different states,’ said Justice Kapadia, who presided over the […] Read more » Chief JusticeS.H. Kapadia Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa excavated minerals GNIDA Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority illegal mining mining PILs Supreme Court
Environment Law News Pay compound interest for 14 years:Supreme Court to polluting firm July 23, 2011 / July 23, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Pulling up a chemical company for trying to wriggle out of paying up for the pollution caused by it, the Supreme Court directed the firm, M/s Hindustan Agro Chemical Ltd, to pay Rs.37.38 crore along with compound interest at 12 percent for the last 14 years during which it resorted to every legal avenue to […] Read more » compound interest to pay for polluting firm Enviro-Legal Action Hindustan Agro Chemical Ltd Justice Dalveer Bhandari Justice H.L. Dattu NEERI pollution caused by chemical industry Rajasthan Pollution Control Board
Environment Law News No banned pesticides in Delhi vegetables July 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court was Wednesday informed that no banned pesticides were detected in tests conducted on vegetable samples collected from markets in the national capital. The levels of pesticide residue, found in some of the samples, were within the limits prescribed under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, the central government told the court. […] Read more » Advocate V.K. Rao Chief Justice Dipak Misra Delhi High Court Delhi vegetables Justice Sanjiv Khanna maximum residue limit (MRL) NABL National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories pesticides Prevention of Food Adulteration Act
Environment Law News Asbestos-related cancer: NHRC notice to health, environment ministries July 6, 2011 / July 8, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday issued notice to the health and environment ministries on a report that asbestos-related cancer was on the rise in India. Toxics Watch Alliance, an NGO fighting for environmental protection, alleged that about 50,000 Indians die every year because of asbestos-related cancer. “The complainant sought the commission’s intervention for […] Read more » Asbestos-related cancer cancer Chrysotile Asbestos environment ministries Health NHRC
Environment Law News Constructions in Delhi Ridge: court notice to ministries May 20, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the ministry of defence (MoD) on a petition seeking a stay on the construction of staff quarters by cutting trees in Delhi’s green Ridge area. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna Wednesday issued […] Read more » Chief Justice Dipak Misra Constructions Delhi High Court Delhi Ridge Justice Sanjiv Khanna ministry of defence ministry of environment and forests MoD MoEF
Environment Law News No information about oil rigs safety: RTI activist May 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Indian government has failed to provide information about the department tasked with ensuring safety of oil rigs in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) to avoid any environmental disaster, said a Right to Information (RTI) activist Monday. RTI activist Lokesh Batra said he had filed an RTI at the cabinet secretariat in March […] Read more » exclusive economic zone (EEZ) oil rigs safety RTI activist
Environment Law News Supreme Court bans endosulfan May 13, 2011 / May 13, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment India’s Supreme Court has ordered a temporary ban on the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide Endosulfan. Admitting a petition filed by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), youth wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), seeking country-wide ban on sale and production of Endosulfan in its present form or any other […] Read more » bans endosulfan Supreme Court
Environment Law News Apex court orders environmental reappraisal of Nirma’s cement plant March 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday refused to grant interim relief to Nirma’s proposed cement plant in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat and asked for fresh environmental assessment of the project. In the state assembly, the opposition Congress staged a walk out when a BJP member was not allowed to raise the issue of farmers’ stir against the […] Read more » apex court environmental Nirma's cement plant orders reappraisal
Environment Law News More detailed pollution check ordered at Tuticorin plant February 25, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Friday asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to carry out a ‘more detailed inspection’ of the pollution allegedly being caused by a Tuticorin-based copper smelting plant. The smelting plant belongs to Sterlite Industries. Justice R.V. Raveendran and Justice A.K. Patnaik asked NEERI to carry out detailed inspection with reference to […] Read more » Central Pollution Control Board CPCB Justice A.K. Patnaik Justice R.V. Raveendran National Environmental Engineering Research Institute NEERI ordered pollution check senior counsel C.S. Sundram Tuticorin plant
Environment Law News Apex court to hear plea to hike Bhopal gas victims’ relief February 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Thursday said it would hear a petition of the central government seeking enhancement of compensation for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to the tune of Rs.7,500 crore. The apex court bench of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia, Justice Altmas Kabir, Justice R.V. Raveendran, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice Aftab […] Read more » apex court Bhopal gas tragedy Bhopal gas victims hike Justice Aftab Alam Justice Altmas Kabir Justice B. Sudershan Reddy Justice R.V. Raveendran methyl isocyanate gas of Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia plea Relief Union Carbide
Environment Law News Deadline for ban on gutka in plastic sachet stays February 17, 2011 / February 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a setback for chewing tobacco manufacturers, the Supreme Court Thursday declined to extend the March 1 deadline banning the marketing of tobacco products in plastic sachets.An apex court bench of Justices G.S Singhvi and A.K. Ganguly, however, said the central government’s rules prohibiting the plastic packaging, which was to come into force with immediate […] Read more » Ban on Gutkas Justices A.K. Ganguly Justices G.S Singhvi Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium
Environment Law News Notice to environment ministry on Adarsh society’s plea February 17, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court Thursday sought the response of the union environment ministry on a petition by members of the scam-hit Adarsh Housing Society challenging the ministry’s order to demolish the 31-storey building. Issuing notice, Justice D.K. Deshmukh asked the ministry to file its reply by March 8. The ministry Jan 16 ordered that the […] Read more » Adarsh society's plea