Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. C. V. Singh Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/07/2018 regarding directions to prevent construction within the 10 Km. radius of Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary.

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Pankaj Sinha Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/07/2018 regarding a number of legislations discriminatory to leprosy affected persons.

Some of the directions issued by the Supreme Court are the following:

(i) The Union of India and the Department of Health and other concerned Departments shall carry out awareness campaigns at various levels so that people come to know about the curability of the disease and of its not being contagious.

Stop jargon on plastic thickness, green brigade wants blanket ban

The Kerala Government has submitted to the Centre its revised recommendations on demarcation of 'ecologically sensitive areas' (ESAs) in the Western Ghats in the state, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vija

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday approved a draft Food Safety and Quality Bill as well as the Food Safety Institutional Reform working document.

President Michel Temer on Tuesday signed decrees regulating the new mining code, setting stricter environmental rules and enforcing mine closures, but also aiming to boost funding for the sector's

Health minister David Parirenyatwa, who introduced the bill, said his ministry had consulted widely to ensure that the health law covered a new strain of diseases.

To implement the Paris climate change agreement at the national level, countries will have to review existing governance frameworks and develop new rules and regulations. This may result in “top-down” legislation that does not reflect the concerns of particularly climate vulnerable groups and communities.

Cabinet also okays making financial frauds non-bailable

Monrovia – Amid land disputes nationwide and the absence of a law that fully recognizes undocumented land rights, the current case between the Government of Liberia and Mandingoes in Nimba could be

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