Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2019)
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 (July 1, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 4, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 21, 2019)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment hearings of April 11, 2019
Why is Centre making Aadhaar compulsory for poor TB patients despite Supreme Court order?
In the past, the Apex Court had asked the Centre to not make Aadhar compulsory for public welfare schemes
Zero Intellectuals
The nation that invented the zero is now confounded by one zero. EPCA meets all agencies in its search for alternatives. But instead of ultra …
The truth behind the Muthanga incident
The People's Judicial Enquiry Commission probe into the Muthanga incident in Kerala sheds new light on this burning issue, which is causing …
What's with this Kolaveri about John Doe injunctions?
In jurisdictions where the law of copyright is much more matured as compared to India, the injunctions are issued very judiciously, and by …
Setback for jumbo corridor
SC stays order evicting resorts near sanctuary in Tamil Nadu
In court
Orissa high court blow for Vedanta
Asks company to return land acquired for university to owners
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2020)
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2019)
SC vacates Madras HC order staying issue of pattas to forest dwellers
The Madras High Court had passed an interim order in April 2008 staying the issue of pattas in Tamil Nadu without its permission
Chhattisgarh sticks to its stand that governors have no discretionary powers in tribal matters
State response to Supreme Court ignores more recent apex court judgements and former attorney general's opinion on powers of governors under the …
Mine games
Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)
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
Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi to remain shut: Madras HC
It also dismissed all petitions for the plant to resume operations
Supreme Court turns down plea to ban PET bottles, packaging
Environmentalists say fresh studies suggest they may be harmful to health
In Court
No judge to hear
EIA notification 2020 delayed till September 7
A petition had been filed in court, asking the notification be translated in all 22 regional languages of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution
Andhra mining agency told to ‘go back’ by Nimmalapadu tribals at public hearing
First hearing since 1997 Supreme Court judgment, Kept out of mining lease decisions at least five times despite legal win, say villagers