The State contends that the setting up of a supervisory committee has become a futile exercise

Contending that the setting up of a supervisory committee had become a futile exercise, the Tamil Nadu Government on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court for a direction to the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board forthwith for the effective implementation of the final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

The State government is planning to provide sugar and wheat to Above Poverty Line (APL) ration cardholders under the Public Distribution System (PDS), Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dinesh Gundu

A court has rejected a demand that a city affected by the fallout of the country’s 2011 nuclear disaster evacuate its children.

The European Union's second highest court on Thursday dismissed a Polish challenge against the European Commission over the allocation of free carbon permits to energy-intensive industry.

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld Endangered Species Act protections for the polar bear.

Exxon Mobil Corp has won the reversal by Maryland's highest court of a $1 billion punitive damages award stemming from an underground leak at a gas station, and also won the reversal of portions of

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday kicked off its case in western New York against Tonawanda Coke Corp, which is accused of illegally polluting the air for years and trying to cover up violations of

A Brazilian judge dropped criminal charges against Chevron Corp, Transocean Ltd and 17 of their employees related to a November 2011 offshore oil spill, the companies said on Wednesday.

Court reduces company's maximum fine a week before trial over blowout that dumped millions of gallons of oil into Gulf of Mexico