Cola and the paddy farmer

Whose water is it, anyway?

In Court

Rules for dumping toxic waste in Pakistan

Rules for disposing toxins

Kerala coconut industry gets a breather

In short

Compensate former dock workers, UK court tells government

In Court

South Africa's water judgement

Update

No judge to hear

Court cements Nirma claim

Rejects farmers’ plea against cement plant in Bhavnagar

Mangrove park fights closure

Environment ministry says theme park destroying ecology

Court reads clean air act to Tripura

State unveils CNG plan

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 17, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Lucknow’s waterbodies perish at the hands of unregulated construction

Land records of Lucknow Nagar Nigam state the city has 964 tanks and ponds, a majority of which are unidentifiable due to reclamation

Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej

Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large-scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs

Adrift and Isolated

A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (April 15-19)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

Gujarat high court orders fencing of water bodies in Thatlej area

In the absence of proper protection laws, the city’s lakes are becoming vulnerable to encroachments and building activity, say activists

Delhi hospitals freed of poor

Delhi High Court exempts four private hospitals from treating the poor for free. Experts fear other hospitals will follow

Pollution may be higher in Kolkata this Diwali

Noise level standards were relaxed for firecrackers in West Bengal following recent orders of the National Green Tribunal

Ban on junk food in plastic bags

Himachal court tells state to stop sale of non-essential items in non-biodegradable packs

Beyond Sharing: Towards our digital futures

The battle is not about file sharing and a petty film producer wanting to rake in the box office earnings. It is about the law’s incapacity …

Cola major gets a taste of panchayat power

A multi-billion-dollar transnational corporation has had to blink first in an eyeball-to-eyeball dispute with an obscure panchayat of Kerala. On …