The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to plant about 20,000 saplings along the four-lane highways in the southern districts within t

The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday criticised the State government for using machineries to quarry sand from riverbeds “perhaps under pressure from lorry owners” and for not disclosing t

The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday ordered the government-appointed special team, probing the alleged irregularities in beach and sand mining in southern districts, to submit a detailed r

HC directs School Education Secretary to reply by February 17

The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday directed the School Education Secretary to file a counter affidavit in reply to a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking appointment of sanitary workers in all government schools in order to curb the practice of some schools forcing their students to clean the campus and toilets.

Construction of Nisargruna biogas plants likely to begin by January

Madurai is all set to adopt Nisargruna, a solid waste management technology devised by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), to convert biodegradable waste collected from households in rural areas into methane and organic manure.

Seeks closure of a sand mining unit belonging to V.V. Minerals, country’s largest exporter of garnet

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to Tirunelveli Collector to close down a sand mining unit of V.V. Minerals, one of the country’s largest exporters of garnet and ilmenite, at Ponnarkulam village in Irukanthurai panchayat and to regulate other such mines situated within 30 kilometres from Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project.

Says he is enquiring into the matter uninfluenced by political or corporate clout of the accused

Collector Anshul Mishra has vehemently opposed the plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry into the granite scam in the district on the ground that the State government was better equipped to handle the problem of illegal mining as per recommendations of the Tandon Committee constituted by the Centre in 1988.

Police, revenue officials cannot keep it under their custody, says High Court judge

Neither police nor revenue officials can keep in their custody vehicles seized for alleged violations of the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 without obtaining necessary orders for confiscation from the Judicial Magistrates concerned the Madras High Court Bench here has ruled. Disposing of a batch of writ petitions filed by the owners of tipper lorries, trucks, tractors, trailers and earth movers that were reportedly used for illegal mining of sand and gravel in southern districts,

Restrains Centre from giving effect to nearly 25 provisions of the Legislation

Petitioner alleges that it has been sub-leased without Centre's nod

A public interest litigation petition has been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here seeking a direction to the Centre as well as State Government to take back 1,200.97 acres of Mullakadu Reserve Forest land handed over to Tuticorin Port Trust in 1918 on the ground that it had been allegedly let on sub lease to various public and private establishments thereby affecting its ecology.