High Court

In court

reliance gas row: In an interim order, the Bombay High Court has ruled that Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) cannot be forced to sell gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to

Publication Date:

14/11/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Pesticides, Pest Control, Health Effects, Energy Policy, Pesticide Use, Subsidies, Petrochemical Industry, High Court, California, India, Mumbai

Governance And Institutions

SC stays sentence against journalists

It seems you open your mouth at your peril when the judiciary is involved. Four journalists of the Delhi tabloid Mid-day discovered this after pointing fingers at the former chief justice of India, Y

Publication Date:

30/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Supreme Court, High Court, Corruption

India

Ecological reasons to oppose Sethusamudram project

before the Sethusamudram project began, many had cautioned the government against going ahead with the shipway. The ambitious project has claimed its casualty even before the first brick has been

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20071015

pp:

0

Tags:

Marine Ecosystems, Shipping, Palk Strait, Dredging, Cyclones, Religious Beliefs, Biosphere Reserves, Hydrology, High Court, India, Tamil Nadu

India

Opinion divided on Bangalore metro rail project

Construction work on the Bangalore metro rail project is on amid protests from environmentalists. While activists say the project will lead to further traffic congestion, officials justify the

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Author(s): Minti Jain

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Air Pollution Control, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Public Transport, Metro, High Court, India, Karnataka, Bangalore (D), Statistics

India

GRECL gets nod for project

the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court has given the Goan Real Estate and Construction Ltd (grecl) its go-ahead for a

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Author(s): R Venugopalan Nair

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Land Resources, Coastal Development, Development, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Panchayats, NGO, India, Goa, Mumbai, Hotels

Industry

Snow white peril

The photograph above shows a memorial to two protestors killed in police firing in 1999 in in Chinganjam mandala of Prakasam district.

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Salt Industry, Groundwater Recharge, High Court, Andhra Pradesh, Prakasam

Environment

Are all environment lovers environmentalists?

Around three years ago, I got an opportunity to meet Chandi Prasad Bhat. He was lecturing on how poor villagers in Uttaranchal hugged trees and prevented them from being cut down. The lecture on

Publication Date:

14/10/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20071015

pp:

0

Tags:

Environment, Lakes, Birds, Wetland Conservation, Information, Media, Press, High Court, Personalities, India, West Bengal, Corruption, Wetlands

Mining

Goa village wins compensation for fields scarred by mining

landmark is a much abused word when it comes to legal copy. But the Bombay High Court's recent order that six mining companies would have to compensate farmers in north Goa for rendering their

Publication Date:

29/09/2007

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

16

Issue:

20070930

pp:

0

Tags:

Land Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Farmers, Compensation, High Court, Public Participation, India, Goa

India

Madras HC dismisses Novartis' petition

the verdict is heavy on symbolism. The Madras High Court dismissed a petition by pharmaceutical giant Novartis challenging section 3d of the Indian Patent (Amendments) Act 2005. Human rights groups

Publication Date:

30/08/2007

Author(s): Savvy Soumya Misra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Cancer, Drugs, Drug Industry, Patents, High Court, India, Chennai (D)

India