CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Thursday said the Tamil Nadu government is fully empowered to notify the

The govt would have to remove encroachments, stop sewage flow
Bangalore, The High Court on Thursday came out strongly in support of lake conservation and set the ball rolling with a direction to implement the recommendations on the development of Bangalore lakes, made by the Justice N K Patil committee report submitted in February.

The division bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Jus

KOLKATA, 5 APRIL: A public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an interim order to restrain West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) from giving effect to a notification on 29 December, 2009, which completely prohibited the use of loudspeakers in open areas, was filed in Calcutta High Court today.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday directed the public prosecutor to secure records pertaining to work on Tungabhadra Left and Right Bank canals in Bellary, Raichur and Koppal districts.

A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed by Noor Mohammad and Riyaz Ahmed alleging substandard work has gone into the ongoing modernisation of the canals in the three districts.

They pointed out tha

MUMBAI: The state public works department (PWD) will construct a building in every district using crushed sand, instead of river sand, to see if it can be an effective substitute.

In a letter last month, the PWD told its regional offices to use crushed sand and report its efficacy within three months.

MUMBAI: The public works department's decision to try out crushed sand as an alternative to river sand has evoked mixed reactions.

Sumaira Abdulali, who filed the first public interest litigation (PIL) against illegal sand mining, said it was replacing one ecological disaster with another.

New Delhi: The MCD

Acquisition of huge tracts of fertile land in Gurgaon district by the Haryana Government has come under the scanner in the Supreme Court with a PIL questioning the absence of environmental impact assessment being undertaken prior to such exercise.

Issuing notice to the Centre and Haryana Government, the Bench of Justices JM Panchal and HL Gokhale sought responses to the issues raised by the PIL

After Jindal Steel and Power Plant (JSPL), another group company could face trouble for allegedly violating green norms.

Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Thursday granted a major relief to electricity consumers in the state when it stayed the proposed power tariff hike as planned by Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) from April 1.

Admitting a PIL filed in this connection, a division bench consisting of Justices B P Das and B K Mishra in an interim measure ordered that the power tariff as fixed by th