Two die during an eviction drive in Kaziranga National Park

Without making any arrangements to accommodate the displaced, police fire tear gas on people resisting eviction

Supreme Court directs Centre to prepare national disaster plan to tackle drought

The apex court has directed the Union government to revise the Drought Management Manual at the earliest till the end of 2016

Bombay High Court allows inaugural IPL match to commence

Questions the timing of the petition filed against water being provided to cricket stadia for IPL matches in drought-hit Maharashtra

Fifth Schedule - Not a happy anniversary

Sixty-six years after B R Ambedkar introduced it, the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution, which grants powers to tribal people over their land …

Defining moment

Even as the government goes about sealing industrial units in Delhi, confusion reigns over what's polluting

Not testing the waters

Case filed against British geological body for not providing information on arsenic contamination in Bangladesh's wells

CNG Verdict: A Legal Debate

No matter how one looks at the Supreme Court's April 5 ruling on air pollution in Delhi, it is undoubtedly a milestone in Indian judicial history.…

Orissa okays mining in tribal territory

In a move that threatens to dislocate the lives of millions of Orissa's tribal people, the state government has decided to allow transfer of land …

Yamuna clean-up project - Inaction plan

the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court (sc) for cleaning the 22-kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the …

Well-oiled racket

Two incidents of illegal handling of waste oil have come to light recently, underscoring the fact that trade in the hazardous product continues …

Sick berth

The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has done little for the long-term treatment of gas victims

Court allows forest pattas in Andhra

15 lessons for India

As odd-even traffic restrictions in Delhi draw to a close, we highlight the takeaways from this massive community initiative to curb air …

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 6-10, 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

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2020)

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

Supreme Court refuses to lift stay on sand mining in Andhra Pradesh

Asks state government to approach MoEF for environmental clearance

PepsiCo to shell out more for water in Maharashtra

Supreme Court upholds high court decision on higher water charges

Courts act to protect floodplains

Centre dithers on banning encroachment in river zones

In short

SC committee on toxic waste in midst of a storm

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2022)

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

Evergreen Novartis

The Swiss pharma giant’s challenge to India’s patent law, now in the Supreme Court, may help define drug efficacy

Guilty, but bailed

Seven Union Carbide officials get two-year jail term for Bhopal gas leak that has killed 20,000

‘Government of MP has always tried to fudge data’

The Supreme Court, on May 3, asked the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to start supplying clean drinking water to those localities in the city that …

Severe environmental harm equal to genocide, crime against humanity: Experts write to International Criminal Court

Human activities leading to severe environmental harm also violate human rights; must be punished, they urge in joint statement