Need parking policy to entitle every citizen to dignified life, says Supreme Court

The apex court upholds parking rules as a clean air strategy and asks for its implementation  

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (May 25-29, 2020)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 9, 2024)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 17, 2022)

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Why are nomads being evicted from Jammu and Kashmir?

Eviction drives come shortly after the J&K High Court declared the Roshni Act, allowed ownership of occupied government land …

A trashed valley: Kashmir needs to segregate its waste at source

Despite clear regulations and court interventions, local governments continue to ignore Kashmir’s municipal solid waste crisis

Tamil Nadu says no to Indian Neutrino Observatory project in Theni

The Tamil Nadu government filed an affidavit in the apex court stating the project in Theni would cause irreparable damage to the Western Ghats

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 15, 2023)

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GM mustard: Need to address economic issues of using the crop

Some valuable lessons from Bt Cotton were who funds research and development and who will distribute the seeds

Ramdev shouldn’t criticise other systems of medicine: SC

Reply sought from Patanjali, Centre over Indian Medical Association plea; Experts say time to update Ayurveda textbooks

Making migrants count: The role of Indian judiciary amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Supreme Court’s recent order has shifted the focus from protecting workers’ legal rights to government largesse 

Use app to monitor COVID-19 biomedical waste, SC to civic bodies

The CPCB had come up with the app in May, following directions from the National Green Tribunal; it was not mandatory for municipal corporations …

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

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 28, 2020)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 6, 2020)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2019)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 2, 2023)

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 19, 2022)

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GM Mustard: Doctors demand ban on crops, uprooting of trial plantations

Over 100 doctors across India submit letter to PM Modi warning of health concerns

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 22, 2023)

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 (November 13, 2020)

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‘Vermin, serious threat to children’s lives’: Kerala state child rights body moves SC for culling stray dogs

Also asks for strict action against those abandoning animals; 6,276 attacks reported in state this year

Indian activists call for recognition of queer relationships beyond marriage

Trans and queer kinships provide emotional as well as material supports and care, but legalising marriage alone ignores such kinship ties

Court Digest: Major environment hearings of the week (July 13-17, 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

SC allows registration of BS-IV vehicles sold before March 25

The court had banned the registration of any such vehicle till it decided on the issue