Chittagong Directorate of Environment has set August 18 for further hearing on oil leakage that occurred on July 30 at Kalurghat area adjacent to Karnaphuli river from derailed wagons carrying furn
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is holding a water adalat (court) of North-East-1 sub division on August 2 from 9.30am to 11am in the office of the Assistant Executive Enginee
Terming court's decision to summon Dow Chemicals in the Bhopal gas tragedy case as an "important step", Amnesty International today demanded that the company must acknowledge its responsibility tow
A federal judge denied an attempt by BP Plc to suspend payments to people and businesses claiming damages related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while an investigator looks into possible mis
A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) headed by Justice Ghulam Sarwar Korai issued notices to chief secretary, secretaries of Irrigation and Industries departments, DG EPA, MD KWSB and commiss
More than thirty people from Bikhar and Wungkhar villages in Drametse gewog, and those from Narang gewog, have started attending hearings on water disputes between the two gewogs in Mongar district
Coal India (CIL) is planning to move court against the Madhya Pradesh government decision defining coal as a biological resource and warning of imposing a benefit-sharing levy on state-run coal com
Survivors of Bhopal Gas tragedy and various non-government organizations which are fighting for justice for the last several years have condemned the decision of US Federal court that dismissed the appeal filed by some of the victims including Janki Sahu.
Sahu argues that the District Court took an unduly narrow view of who may be held liable for creating a nuisance and that she had adduced sufficient facts for a reasonable juror to find that UCC had participated in the creation of the nuisance.
Janki Bai Sahu, a survivor of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, who filed a case in a US court on behalf of herself and her family and sought damages from Union Carbide Corporation (UCC), has had her appeal petition dismissed on several grounds, including the statute of limitations.
