LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday put a stay on cutting of trees and demolition inside the Model jail here till May 18.

A division bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice SNH Zaidi passed this interim order on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a local lawyer Sangam Lal Pandey.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat High Court cleared another hurdle for the state government and Tata Motors, as it dismissed a PIL challenging sanction of 1,100 acres of land for Nano car project near Sanand on Monday. The high court has also upheld the procedure followed by administration to sell plot to the company.

Mumbai * We have been living in the area for nearly three decades now. We run businesses here and now the government wants to raze it for a metro car shed at Charkop. We cannot allow this.
* Limited open spaces cannot be occupied by overhead metro, when underground metro can be opted for.

THE Madras High Court has ordered notice to the Industries secretary and the Geology & Mining commissioner on a writ petition praying for a direction to the CBI to initiate appropriate action against the deputy directors/assistant directors of the Geology & Mining department of all the districts in the State.

About 55 villagers from Shella are fighting desperately to get back their ancestral land from cement giant Lafarge after these villagers claimed they were tricked by agents to sell their land.

Mumbai: Following the death of Shakti, the five-year-old male hippopotamus, at Veermata Jijabai Udyan on April 24, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has demanded that the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) conduct an immediate inspection of the zoo and an inquiry into the death.

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labour welfare ignored: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and state governments of Haryana and Delhi on a public interest petition seeking welfare measures for mine and construction workers. The petition filed by non-profit People

Mumbai Procedure for seeking permission to cut trees for redevelopment is faulty, says PIL

The Tree Authority has informed the Bombay High Court that they allowed felling of dead and dangerous trees after receiving complaints from citizens.