Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item appearing in Hindu dated 11.12.2023 titled “Cauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq.km. of green cover” dated 10/01/2024.

The original application is registered suo motu on the basis of the news item titled “Cauvery basin lost nearly 12,850 sq.km. of green cover” published in ‘The Hindu’ dated 11.12.2023. As per the said news natural vegetation on nearly 12,850 sq. km of land in the Cauvery basin has been lost in the 50 years from 1965 to 2016.

Judgment of the Kerala High Court in the matter of Suo Motu Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 08/01/2024.

The Special Commissioner, Sabarimala has filed this report regarding the presence of unauthorized hawkers/sellers of articles including plastic toys, plastic articles and drinking water in PET bottles at Nilakkal.

The Kerala High Court by order dated December 9, 2015 had ordered that there shall be a complete ban of plastic bottles including PET bottles, packed drinking water bottles in Sannidhanam, Pamba, Chalakkayam, Nilakkal and Erumeli, from February 1, 2016.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sibi Joseph Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/12/2023. The matter related to illegal operation of quarries in the Palakkad district by M/s Royal Sands and Gravels Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Mary Matha Granites.

Report filed by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board on the status of implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in Mangalpady Grama Panchayat.

The report was filed pursuant to the order of the NGT, December 7, 2023.

Kubanoor, the waste processing facility had a waste processing, processing and recycling unit in Mangalpady Grama Panchayath, Kasargod district owned by the local body. The waste treatment plant had a facility for processing wet waste and dry waste. Though the plant was operational for quite some time, later it became inoperative.

Order of the High Court of Kerala regarding exorbitant pricing of life saving patented medicines.

The High Court wanted the opinion of the government of India on whether the breast cancer medicines and other such medicines can be made available to the less advantaged sections through alternative methods.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In re : News item appearing in Onmanorama dated 09.10.2023 titled  “Fire in Kozhikode waste treatment plant: Opposition alleges corporation’s conspiracy” dated 02/11/2023.

Order of the Kerala High Court in the matter of Human Rights Foundations Vs State of Kerala dated 04/10/2023.

According to the petitioners, General Hospital, Ernakulam and many other such hospitals are fully equipped and competent to accommodate intrinsic surgeries, including in the cardiac department, it is not being done effectively because there are no cardiac surgeons available.

Present status report filed by the Deputy Collector, Palakkad in the matter of K M Sanjeev Vijayan Vs The Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala & Others dated August 17, 2023. The matter related to the dumping yard of the Ottapalam municipality located in Panamanna ward not complying with environmental laws and causing pollution.

Joint committee report submitted by the Kerala State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) in Original Application No 333 of 2022 (S Unnikrishnan Vs State of Kerala). The matter related to measures to protect and maintain Pandavanpara.

The applicant had alleged that companies were using huge explosive material near the Pandavanpara adversely affecting the same and destroying its supportive rocks and that in case the same is continued, Pandavanpara will collapse.