No judge to hear

Court cements Nirma claim

Rejects farmers’ plea against cement plant in Bhavnagar

Mangrove park fights closure

Environment ministry says theme park destroying ecology

Court reads clean air act to Tripura

State unveils CNG plan

Delhi hospitals freed of poor

Delhi High Court exempts four private hospitals from treating the poor for free. Experts fear other hospitals will follow

Whose corridor is it?

A proposed elephant corridor has turned eco-sensitive Sigur plataeu into a war zone

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

True measure of growth

Are pills doctored?

A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son's serious illness

Adrift and Isolated

A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk

On a strong wicket

Perumatty panchayat's case is statutorily sound

Cola major gets a taste of panchayat power

A multi-billion-dollar transnational corporation has had to blink first in an eyeball-to-eyeball dispute with an obscure panchayat of Kerala. On …

Cola and the paddy farmer

Whose water is it, anyway?

Nagpur village moves court against Bhopal's toxic waste incineration

Say it would endanger people’s their lives and environment

Nilgiris Elephant Corridor: SC upholds Madras HC order affirming animals’ right of passage

Apex court also sets up committee to look into complaints on the issue

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Which are the junk food guidelines that can be enforced? asks Delhi High Court

Court seeks report from amicus curiae; says there is need to specify which food items need to be regulated in schools

Why app-based taxi aggregators need to comply with the law

While the growth in taxi-cabs is a positive sign which can reduce usage of personal cars, companies must care for environmental laws and show …

SC dismisses petition challenging functioning of Tribal advisory council in Chhattisgarh

Governors are not exercising their powers as they want to avoid any confrontation with chief ministers who also head these councils, alleged petition

Madras High Court restrains green tribunal from initiating suo motu proceedings

Order given on public interest petition which says tribunal has been overstepping its jurisdiction

Man v elephant

'NGT must have suo motu powers'

Justice Swatanter Kumar has been chairing the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for nearly two years now. In an interview to Down To Earth, he speaks …

No two-finger test for rape

Health ministry does away with the controversial test; medicos demand use of rape kit

Gujarat High Court stays construction work at Mundra SEZ

12 companies had gone ahead with construction of individual units despite court questioning commencement of work without environment clearance

Himachal Pradesh High Court bans junk food in non-biodegradable packs

Judges express hope that move will protect environment as well as children’s health