India

 TANNERIES TO PAY

The Madras High Court has dismissed the writ petitions filed by the tannery units in Vellore district, challenging the apportionment of compensation among the 325 units. Now, the skin and hide

Publication Date: 
27/02/2002
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Tags:
Pollution, Leather Industry, Compensation, Legislation, High Court, Chennai (D)
Fisheries

 Ban lifted on fishing in Sutlej

Discharge of effluents into the river had caused large scale fish deaths, leading to the curbs

Publication Date: 
14/02/2002
Ahir Bhairab Borthakur
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Tags:
River Pollution, Industrial Dispersal, Sutlej, Fisheries, Fish Poisoning, Fisherfolk, Compensation, Legislation, High Court, India, Haryana, Punjab
Environment

 Fast order

The Madras high court seeks to evolve a mechanism for the quick settlement of environmental disputes

Publication Date: 
14/08/2001
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Tags:
Environment, High Court, India, Chennai (D)
Wildlife

 SAVING SKINS

A division bench of the Delhi high court has issued notices to the state chief secretary, the conservator of forests and ministry of environment and forests regarding what has been done about

Publication Date: 
29/11/2000
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Tags:
Hides And Skins, Wildlife, Supreme Court, High Court, Delhi

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