Plastic is green

In a first, Madras High Court sets up ‘Environmental Fund’

Amounts received would be used for planting and nurturing trees as well as cleaning water bodies

Invasive species may soon wipe out Shola vegetation from Nilgiris: Report

Alarming expansion of exotic and tea plantations threaten native dry deciduous, moist deciduous and thorn forests and grasslands there

Is Vedanta trying to re-enter Sterlite through the leak?

The conglomerate blames the government for the sulphuric acid leak and demands that power supply be restored in the plant

HUL and mercury-exposed workers in Kodaikanal reach an out-of-court settlement

The settlement is historic as families of 591 workers have opted for an ex-gratia payment by the company for all that they endured while getting …

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

Beyond Sharing: Towards our digital futures

The battle is not about file sharing and a petty film producer wanting to rake in the box office earnings. It is about the law’s incapacity …

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

Is Internet really free?

The Internet, it is believed, is vital to democracy, a channel that makes possible a continuous worldwide conversation. Its a veritable global …

Commissioning of Kudankulam nuclear power plant challenged in court

Petition filed in Madras High Court says atomic regulator's decision violates Supreme Court directions on safety

Granite mining scam: Tamil Nadu police raid Union fertiliser minister’s son’s company

He along with others grabbed the land of people belonging to backward caste and used it to store mined granite

Madras High Court clears way for Kudankulam nuclear plant

Accepts new consent order by pollution board on heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge

Supreme Court reserves order on Sterlite plant

The company sought to continue operating its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu

SC stays order evicting resorts near Mudumalai sanctuary

Madras High Court had given three months to vacate the area

He upheld human rights and dismissed PILs

Coca-Cola plant in Tirunelveli gets go ahead for expansion

Tamil Nadu pollution control board’s permission would mean Coca Cola franchisee who owns bottling plant would double the intake of water …

Coimbatore residents oppose setting up of sewage treatment plant

Threaten to sit on protest if the plant is not relocated

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 …

Madras High Court stays implementation of some provisions of Food Safety Act

Traders have been protesting the Act saying it is impractical and harsh

Court revoking ban on cough remedy worries health activists

They say continuing availability of the drug poses health risk

NHRC orders judicial probe into Seshachalam ‘encounter’

Witnesses depose before human rights commission, challenge the ‘self-defence’ argument of Andhra Pradesh Special Task Force

TN high court asks not to block essential commodities to Kudankulam protesters

More than 10,000 people are camping in Idinthakari village, nerve centre of people’s agitation

Supreme Court slaps Rs 100 crore fine on Sterlite for polluting environment

Kudankulam plant can withstand Fukushima-like disaster: Centre to SC

Court says it will not allow the plant to function if safety conditions are not met

Industries to pay for pollution study

Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each