MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday in an important order paved the way for construction on vacant plots in five layouts under the three-decade-old Bombay Urban Development Project (BUDP) at

The Bombay high court on Monday suggested that a committee be set up to monitor complaints about destruction of mangroves in Navi Mumbai.

Mumbai: Every Indian has a fundamental right to live in a pollution-fee environment and at the same time every citizen has a fundamental duty to protect and conserve nature, the Bombay high court h

A day after Dombivli received “green rain”, environmentalists said the incident points to a larger pollution problem in the Mumbai metropolitan region and other areas in the state.

“The deposition of green water in and around MIDC area of Dombivli seems to be a case of pollution manifesting itself. Pollutants in the air may have reacted with rainwater; thus reducing air pollution, but adding to water and soil pollution,” said environmental consultant Laxmikant Deshpande.

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Apublic interest litigation has been filed before the Bombay high court seeking directions to the CBI to consider the judicial commission report in the Adarsh case. It also asks that the investigation agency prosecute the state cabinet for attempting to shield the accused by thwarting the panel’s findings.

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The Bombay high court has directed the ministry of environment and forests to decide the fate of around 8.80 lakh fully grown mangroves spread over 220 hectares at Dronagiri in Navi Mumbai.

Mumbai: The state government has contested the Rs 1,000-crore suit filed over a 400-acre plot in Borivli-Dahisar and pointed out that the Kamathia family and their attorney Jayesh Shah were guilty of disobeying a 2011 Supreme Court order.

The SC order was over constructing illegal bunds and destroying mangroves on the land. Subsequently the high court had refused to intervene in the action initiated to recover Rs 1.24 crore from Shah, which was the cost incurred by the collector for razing the bunds.