Cut it out

In Court

Doubts sown

Will new deforestation fund management system work?

In Court

Decongestion directive

In Court

Too crooked

Soft drink industry snatches another lifeline

Vox popul

Kerala HC quashes Union ministry's clearance

Baijal board

A new committee on Yamuna will review its own work

There's a catch

Chidambaram soft on Salwa Judum

Relief for IMA chiefs

Stop calling activists Maoists: SC

Jharkhand ready for panchayat polls

Apex court rules only tribals can head panchayats in tribal areas  

Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act 2023: States, UTs must act as per definition in TN Godavarman judgement, says SC  

Apex court was hearing a PIL challenging constitutionality of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, 2023  

The Hindu canon is inclusive of the sexuality spectrum: Kavita Kane

Down To Earth speaks to author and mythologist about LGBTQ themes in the texts and scriptutres that make up the Hindu canon

Being gay in India no longer a crime

Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court repeals Victorian Era law criminalising gay sex

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2022)

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

Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to address the impacts of climate change — podcast

The ICJ has addressed various environmental issues in the past, but this is the first time the global problem of climate change has come before …

Modi’s COVID-19 vaccine turnaround: An answer for Supreme Court queries just in time

The bench of judges Chandrachud, Rao and Bhat have already asked the Union government to review the vaccination policy and file an affidavit by …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (October 12-16, 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

Where will these railway track dwellers of Delhi live after eviction

Already living in filth, misery, disease and hunger, will they now be deprived of the only places they call home?

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 30, 2020)

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

SC to hear PIL on trapped miners in Meghalaya tomorrow

The petition seeks the deployment of the Armed Forces and high capacity pumps to save the miners. It also seeks the formulation of a standard …

Goa’s mining muddle: Dependants to protest in Delhi

The closure of iron ore mining in the state has rendered 2 lakh people jobless, increased banks’ non-performing assets and impacted state&…