Industry

 In court

Flaring concern: Nigeria's rural communities affected by gas-flaring recently filed a lawsuit in the federal High Court in Benin city to make oil giants Shell, Exxon, Chevron and Total desist from

Publication Date: 
30/07/2005
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Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Health Care, Petrochemical Industry, High Court, Nigeria, United States Of America (US)
Climate Change

 In Court

Stay order: A division bench of the Gujarat High Court (HC), comprising chief justice Bhawani Singh and justice H K Rathod, recently passed an order that prevents the state's forest and revenue

Publication Date: 
29/06/2005
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Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Forest Villages, Tribals, High Court, Gujarat
Water Resources

 Summer's here

Punjab and Rajasthan at court war over water

Publication Date: 
14/06/2005
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Water Resources, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, High Court, Punjab, Rajasthan
India

 Radiation talk

Are mobile phones safe?

Publication Date: 
14/05/2005
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Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Cancer, Maternal Health, Radiation, Electronics Industry, India, Electronics
Air Pollution

 In Court

Mcdonald's in danger: The US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled on January 25, 2005, that the two teenagers who had filed a case against fast food giant McDonald's Corporation

Publication Date: 
27/02/2005
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Fast Foods, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Legislation, United States Of America (US)
Pesticides And Toxins

It's the turn of foods now

Two Rajasthan high court advocates, Madhav Mitra and R.S. Chauhan, under the auspices of NGO Public Action Group, have filed a public inerest litigation demanding that packaged food companies, like soft drink makers, be directed to print the exact level of pesticide content on the food packs. A bench comprising S.K.

Publication Date: 
10/01/2005
Nandini Vaish
Business World (Kolkata)
Tags:
Pesticides, Food Process Industry, Soft Drinks Industry, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, NGO, Rajasthan
India

 In line of fire

Legislators’ prize scheme

Publication Date: 
14/09/2004
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Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Legislation, Supreme Court, Panchayats
India

 Meerut s bane

HC takes note of hospital waste recycling racket

Publication Date: 
14/07/2004
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
Tags:
Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Hospital Waste, Hazardous Products, High Court, Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad (D), Meerut (D), Waste Recycling
India

 Towering menace

Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health

Publication Date: 
14/06/2004
Sarita Bahl
Down to Earth
Tags:
Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Radiation, Legislation, High Court, India, Mumbai, Electronics
Water Resources

 In Court

rapped for laxity: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has received a sharp reprimand from the Delhi High Court (HC) for failing to ensure the closure of polluting units in the capital. The

Publication Date: 
14/05/2004
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Pollution Control, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Delhi, Kerala

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