Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 23, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Kerala floods: Government was warned long back, but it chose to ignore
Ignoring experts’ recommendations on protecting fragile ecology of Western Ghats, Kerala had chosen development over environment
Quarrying suspended in Navi Mumbai’s Parsik Hill as authorities review mining lease
Residents and civil society want an end to the quarrying with air pollution levels rising to hundred times the acceptable levels
Regulating small-scale mines below 5 ha
Will National Green Tribunal's restraint order curb haphazard and unscientific mining of minor minerals that includes sand?
Rajasthan High Court quashes state mining policy favouring masonry stone miners
Petitioners allege loss of public revenue because of discriminatory policy
Rajasthan's amended mining rules could spell fresh legal trouble for state mining department
New rules allow cluster mine holders to circumvent environmental clearance; high court had stressed on obtaining the mandatory clearance