The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition questioning the constitutional amendment made 32 years ago giving the government complete right to acquire land and property of an individual for public purposes.

Further quarrying should not be allowed: panel

MADURAI: A three-member commission appointed by the Madras High Court Bench here has concluded that excess sand quarrying on five sites along the stretch of Tamirabarani, the only perennial river of the State flowing through Tuticorin and Tirunelveli districts, has created an ecological imbalance.

In its report submitted before a Division Bench

Cuttack: In a significant order, the Odisha High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to direct all district magistrates and SPs to sensitise people against animal sacrifices which are still practised in some Shakti Peethas.

The court order came in the wake of a government affidavit and Advocate General Ashok Mohanty informing the court that adequate preventive measures are being taken t

The river bed as well as the banks of the Ganga stretching from Jalangi to Diamond Harbour is to be cleaned up of all debris within 24 hours after the immersion of images of Goddess Durga, the Division Bench of Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Justice Shukla Kabir Sinha held today.

Mumbai A group of social workers and environmentalists from Pune have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court against Lavasa Corporation and the state government for alleged irregularity in the Lavasa Township Project.

The Gujarat High Court today asked the state government to frame a policy on forming district and taluka level committees for checking illegal mining activities.

Division Bench of Chief Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya and KM Thakar passed an order in this regard while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against illegal mining in Gir forest region, filed by slain RTI activist Amit Jethwa prior to

The largest inhabited river island in the world, the Majuli island, located in the Brahmaputra River of the Jorhat district in eastern Assam has been under a serious threat due to river erosion since the past few decades defying all the protective measures taken by the government agencies concerned to safeguard the landmass of the island.

Due to its unique socio-cultural and natural environment

It

Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the state government to form committees, comprising collector, DSP and subdivisional magistrates, in every district to curb illegal mining across the state.
Acting on an PIL filed by RTI activist Amit Jethava against alleged illegal mining carried out in the prohibited Gir sanctuary, a bench headed by Chief Justice S J Mukhopadhaya asked the

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed the review petition filed by a group of farmers against the court verdict giving green signal to Nirma Ltd to construct a cement plant along Mahuva’s coastline. Shree Mahuva Bandhara Khetiwadi Pariyavan Bachav Samittee, which had fil-PIL in the high ed the court, has also approached the Supreme Court.