Red Sanders in AP: Lawyers question rationale for special court to try smuggling cases

They say it will delay the adjudication of such cases and also will be pro-state

The law steps in

Prodigal sons

Industry is wasting the environment. But the courts and the civil society will have none of it

No copycats

North American free-trade pact delayed

A US federal judge has ruled against a free trade accord with Mexico on the ground that it will harm the environment

Nothing official about it

Where are rural courts?

The Gram Nyayalaya Act was passed in 2008 to make the judicial process participatory, inexpensive and accessible to rural India. But rural courts …

Plastic ban

Finally, the Delhi government clears a bill to ban plastic bags

CLEAN WATER

Saving the shark

Government sets limited role for proposed tribunal

The government's decision to set up a tribunal to decide compensation cases is being seen as an attempt to compromise the establishment of …

'Majoritarian views should not supersede judicial orders'

A number of Supreme Court orders have been blatantly violated by various sections of society. Whether it was Raj Thackeray openly defying the …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 9, 2020)

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

FOLLOW UP

Jailed for polluting

A hotel manager faces a jail term for not complying with pollution norms

KENYA

Green judges

JAMAICA

General Electric sued

APPEAL DISMISSED

ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS

Timber trail

Battle over bottle

Court ruling on Shell’s climate impact and votes against Exxon and Chevron add pressure, but it’s the market that will drive oil giants to change

It is not the courts that will force the fossil fuel industry to curb emissions; a change in investors’ strategies will

People first

The Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules against a mining project that would have displaced thousands of people