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Delhi High Court orders shifting of biomedical waste incinerator from Okhla
@DeshmaneAkshay Issue Date: Jan 19, 2013
The Delhi High Court has questioned the setting up of waste incineration plants in residential neighbourhoods. It has directed the civic authorities to shift the bio-medical waste incinerator at Okhla in south Delhi to a place outside residential limits following health concerns expressed by residents of the neighbouring locality of Sukhdev Vihar. The residents hope the court verdict will pave the way for shifting another incinerator in the vicinity, Jindal's waste-to-energy plant, when the court hears their case on January 23.
Neela Hauz may turn blue soon
Issue Date: Sep 29, 2012
Under the orders of the Delhi High Court, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is in the process of restoring Neela Hauz, a large pond in south Delhi.
Publishing biggies target Delhi University photocopy shop
Issue Date: Sep 14, 2012
A court case against a small photocopy shop in Delhi University's North Campus has triggered protests and a debate on rights of students to access study material. The shop, Rameshwari Photocopy Service, was a lifeline for students surviving on shoestring budgets. They could buy photocopies of books and compilation of extracts from books, which they otherwise could ill afford, from this shop located in the Delhi School of Economics precincts.
High court restores BRT lane to buses
Issue Date: Sep 11, 2012
Restoring sanity amid chaos, a division bench of the Delhi Court has issued an interim order in the ongoing public interest litigation relating to the Delhi BRT road corridor on Tuesday. It has issued an interim order, stating: “till the time the writ petition is decided, the traffic flow would revert to its movement/flow as per the BRT corridor traffic flow system to restore the BRT corridor… by September 15”.
Enforce gutkha ban in Delhi: high court
Issue Date: Aug 22, 2012
What's with this Kolaveri about John Doe injunctions?
Issue Date: Jun 1, 2012
On 29 March 2012, at the instance of a firm called Copyright Labs, the Madras High Court issued an injunction intended to prevent the illegal copying and distribution of film 3, (perhaps best known for its song "Why this Kolaveri (
Environment ministry’s desperate attempts to suppress expert panel report on Western Ghats
Issue Date: May 10, 2012
DTE coverage on Western Ghats
Issue Date: May 10, 2012
Delhi High Court cancels clearance to mining project in Goa
Issue Date: Apr 4, 2012
Ramesh Gauns, an environmental activist and a primary school teacher from Sarvona village in Goa has been battling the government, which cleared a mining project in his village, for almost five years.
Okhla waste-to-energy plant safe: Jayanthi Natarajan
Issue Date: Mar 15, 2012
Justifying the controversial waste-to-energy plant set up at Okhla, Union environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan, has said the emissions from the Jindal plant are well within the limits set under the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.
