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Danish fugitive banished

SC Monitoring Committee wants toxic ship sent back

Declared legal

SC dismisses petition against Delhi's Akshardham temple

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Court asks officials to reveal dangers from Suktel dam

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Court curb

Construction at Polavaram stopped

Delhi High Court hard on racist ads

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RS okays green tribunal bill

Sabarimala verdict paves way for discussion on menstruation, religion

Since religion is a product of society, taboos may vanish with changing mentality, only if people open their minds to it

Will you be doomed if GM mustard is not approved now, apex court asks Centre

The SC, on the second day of hearing, sought details on the Union government’s claim of GM mustard being a herbicide-tolerant crop  

The Supreme Court is sending wrong signals on post facto environmental clearances

Recently, the apex court has overlooked its own judgments and the underlying logic behind why there is a mechanism for environmental …

Nimmalapadu’s protracted struggle: Despite legal win, 3 Andhra tribal villages fight to save land from mining

Villagers near Andhra-Odisha border are fighting the state for calcite reserves two decades after securing Supreme Court victory 

Assault on open access to science in India

Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society have pleaded in front of Delhi High Court that ISPs block Sci-Hub and Libgen websites in India

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 20, 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 (May 13, 2020)

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

Farmers in Punjab are burning stubble as an act of rebellion

They are angry that even as they suffer from farm distress and do not get any proper returns on their labour and produce, the onus of stubble …

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 3, 2019)

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 2, 2019)

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

Forest dwellers’ rights: Conservationists started it, SC stayed it

Read this to abreast yourself with the whole issue of Forest Rights Act and tribals’ rights that has made its way to the Supreme Court

What ails the 'right' to die with dignity?

Many questions and doubts remain even when one is legally bound to respect the living will of a terminally ill patient