Despite several campaigns being organised to raise awareness about the hazards of firecracker-induced noise pollution, expect a noisy Diwali this year too.

Describing that the health problems caused to people in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts from the use of endosulfan are “next only to the Bhopal gas tragedy”, the State government on Wednesday submitted to the Karnataka High Court that it was time to make the polluter to pay compensation in such cases.

Submission in this regard was made before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice B.V. Nagarathna during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, initiated suo motu by the court, on the issue of sufferings of the people affected by the use of endosulfan in two districts. The PIL petition was initiated following a letter written by K.L. Manjunath, a judge of the High Court.

Mumbai: The Bombay high court, in an interim order, on Tuesday restrained the BMC from dumping waste and debris at the Kanjurmarg landfill.

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a reply from the Delhi Government’s Transport Department on a petition seeking review of an order dismissing a public interest litigation (PIL) for scrapping the BRT corridor in the Capital.

Directing the Department to file the reply by November 21, a Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Manmohan Singh asked it to clarify whether the corridor between Ambedkar Nagar and Moolchand Crossing in South Delhi was on a road less than 45 metres wide as claimed by the petitioner, Nyaya Bhoomi, in the matter.

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Delhi government to respond to a review petition filed after the court dismissed a plea to scrap the Ambedkar Nagar-Moolchand bus rapid transit (BRT) corrid

The Delhi high court on Monday directed the city government to respond to a plea for review of its judgment dismissing the petition for scrapping the bus rapid transit (BRT) corridor from Ambedkar Nagar to Moolchand.

The review petition said the court had rejected the plea without dealing with the aspect that the 5.8-km road stretch in South Delhi was against norms of the Master Plan Delhi (MPD) 2021.

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Friday took a strong note of the Union telecom secretary's letter directing the state chief secretary not to order removal of mobile phone towers from hospitals.

As the high court had earlier ordered that the towers be instantly removed from the school and hospital buildings, the division bench headed by chief justice Arun Kumar Mishra said the Union secretary's letter was tantamount to contempt of court.

Faults them for indulging in “irregular and illegal” activities

The Madras High Court Bench here on Friday criticised anti-nuclear agitators at Idinthakarai and Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district for continuing their protests, which turned violent on September 10, regardless of the fact that the Supreme Court was seized of the matter following a judgement passed by the Principal Seat of the High Court on August 31 in favour of the nuclear power plant.

HC to pass orders today

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking stricter radiation norms for cell phone towers, saying the regulatory mechanism framed by the government two