Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 11, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Sand mining ban extended till October 15 in Bihar
Three-month ban was to lift on October 1; changing rainfall trends in monsoon 2023 behind extension
Children demand inclusion in water and sanitation programmes at UNICEF forum
More than 50 children from across the world participated at the two-day conference in Tajikistan
Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve
Karnataka High Court had banned traffic in the area from 9 pm to 6 am following deaths of tigers and elephants in vehicular accidents
Maharshtra mulls making sale of gutkha non-bailable offence
Penal action proposed against consumers to ensure strict implementation of gutkha ban
Delhi High Court reserves order on plea seeking junk food ban in schools
Industry argues against amicus curiae’s recommendations
Pesticide makers build case to get endosulfan ban lifted
Affidavit filed in court claims pesticide is safe
CPCB cracks whip on 52 firms for flouting plastic waste rules
This is the first time the pollution watchdog has held companies accountable for not holding their end of the deal
Cycle ban in Kolkata: activists petition high court
Police and transport department ignored months of protests by users of non-motorised transport
West Africa’s plastic waste could be fuelling the economy instead of polluting the ocean: Experts
AIDS epidemic can end by 2030: UNAIDS
India reverses HIV epidemic, but reports high number of new infections
Book Review: A chemist’s sceptical look at nutritional wisdom
Overprocessed chemical-laden stuff is bad for you; it’s pure malevolent junk. George Zaidan has chosen this junk food truth as an excellent …
World leaders promise US $8 billion aid to Horn of Africa initiatives
The region is grappling with problems like unemployment, corruption, gender bias and people trafficking
130 women leaders steal the limelight at UN climate show
With women and girls on the frontline of climate change, women leaders representing 54 nations met in New York to call on global leaders gathered …
Vatican and UN join hands on climate change
Speakers at workshop organised by Pontifical Science Academy say GDP growth does not indicate damage to the environment
Green tribunal halts sand mining in coastal Maharashtra
Gujarat and Goa told to instruct police stations in the coastal areas to take immediate steps to stop illegal sand mining in areas which fall …
SC bans transportation of illegally mined ore from Goa
Asks Centre, state to continue with ban on mining in the state
Maharashtra bans 15 seed companies permanently
25,000 farmers await compensation from firms that supplied soy seeds with very low germination rate
Draft plastic waste rules: Why multi-layered plastic needs to be phased out
12 years since plastic waste rules, 2011, restricting the use of MLPs is off the charts
Mayors adopt Seoul Declaration for sustainable, smart cities
Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau emphasised on the importance of ecomobility by saying the city would host the second EcoMobility World Festival in …
Nations discuss ban on toxic exports
Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994
Kolkata to host parallel AIDS conference after US denies entry to sex workers
Country’s laws do not permit granting visa to those involved in prostitution
Bihar bans plastic packaged water bottles
Government departments have been prohibited from using or buying packaged water bottles
‘African swine fever may have come to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam from Tibet’
Swaraj Rajkhowa, acting director of ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, speaks to DTE on African swine fever and pork meat ban …
Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies
Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre