States fined thousands of crores over waste — but how did NGT calculate the penalty amount?
Fine determined on polluter pays principle, equated to environmental compensation and cost of restoration
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 12, 2023)
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 30, 2020)
Compensatory afforestation: 70% data with ministry incorrect, writes top forest officer
Inspector General of Forests AK Mohanty sent letter to all states, alleging discrepancies
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 9, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 14, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 17-21, 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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2020)
Baghjan blowout shows why we need to fix liabilities
There is also a need to address inland oil spills through regulations
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2020)
SC refuses to extend pollution norms deadline for power producers
The association of power producers sought extension to deadline for meeting pollution norms to 2024 from 2022
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 22, 2020)
India didn’t need to let power producers emit more of deadly oxides of nitrogen; here’s why
Limiting NOx emission at 300 mg / Nm3 is doable, claims Finnish state-owned Fortum Oyj; Environment ministry relaxed norms to 450 mg / Nm3 in October
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2020)
COVID-19: SC asks Centre for way to make tests free at pvt labs
Solicitor General says private labs roped in since government labs insufficient; contradicts ICMR’s position
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 10, 2020)
GM mustard: Crop’s release would irreversibly damage the environment, SC told
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing Aruna Rodrigues, presented arguments against the crop
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 8, 2020)
Experts flag dilution of NOx emission limit for coal-fired power stations
The SC on July 8 relaxed limits for coal-fired power stations commissioned between December 2003 and 2016 — to 450 mg / Nm3 from 300&…
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 27, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (September 7-11, 2020)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (June 15-19, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2020)