Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 6, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Who has rights over a citizen’s body? New twist in Aadhaar controversy
Centre says citizens don’t have absolute rights over their body, but critics point to right to liberty and dignity
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 20, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 19, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2020)
Five SC rebukes that show governments not serious about Delhi’s air
The apex court has repeatedly cracked on Delhi and neighbouring state governments for not being able to curb air pollution in the capital city
Resume provision of basic amenities to Narmada oustees: SC
The apex court’s order came in response to a writ petition filed by the displaced persons
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2019)
Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (August 5-9)
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 (July 10, 2019)
Forest Rights Act: Who is the encroacher and who is encroached upon
Thirteen years after a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership of their traditional land, their fate still hangs in …
Now tribal affairs ministry FRA claim settlement number under cloud
Is there something fishy behind giving wrong data for over a decade and then disowning it?
When judges copy
Should the rules on plagiarism matter as much as the independent analysis made by judges in adjudicating cases?
SC stays Uttarakhand HC order declaring Ganga, Yamuna living entities
The Uttarakhand government had challenged the order on the ground that the victims of floods in the Ganga and Yamuna could sue the guardians of …
Cauvery row: Karnataka ordered to release 15,000 cusecs daily to Tamil Nadu for the next 10 days
Order passed keeping in mind the difficulty Tamil Nadu farmers would face in growing samba rice in the absence of Cauvery river water
Supreme Court orders installation of RFID at Delhi entry points
RFID system may bring efficiency in collection of toll tax and Environment Compensation Charge
How many people die of silicosis in Indian mines?
One of the worst health hazards that miners engaged in stone quarrying, crushing, quartz mining, glass and ceramic manufacturing face is dust …
How development loses meaning
The abstract noun 'development' is firmly a part of the public relations language governments use today. But after a recent ordinance passed by …
Children as court witnesses: Compassion needed to protect minors from trauma
The role of medical practitioners assumes significance in handling such cases
Restrictions can be relaxed within a kilometre of eco-sensitive zones, Supreme Court indicates
The court will give its verdict on this matter on March 24
Activists cite violations of statutory regulations in GM mustard approval ahead of SC hearing
GM mustard did not undergo even the limited testing that Bt brinjal underwent
SC asks Tamil Nadu to restore Sterlite power supply
Apex court schedules next hearing for Thoothukudi plant on January 29
Focus not on graft
Corruption is not just the kind that has found recent media attention
DELAYED PROCESS
Fishy fleet
Two hundred compressed natural gas buses get mired in a controversy over catalytic converters
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