Water Supply

Free water cost Rs 400 cr, but user base doubled: Delhi Jal Board

NEW DELHI: The free water scheme was subsidised by the AAP government to the tune of Rs 400 crore, Delhi Jal Board informed Delhi high court.

Publication Date: 
21/02/2019
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Supply, Water Pricing, Delhi Jal Board (DJB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Drinking Water
Health

Gujarat High Court instructs govt to form panel to tackle swine flu

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to form a high-level committee comprising of bureaucrats and health department staff to plan and take the necessary measures for the

Publication Date: 
20/02/2019
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Gujarat, Swine Flu, Influenza, Infectious Diseases, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Health
Health

Gujarat High Court wants info on infrastructure to tackle H1N1 crisis

The Gujarat High Court on Monday asked a lawyer to remain concerned about the problem of swine flu in India and how it can be brought under control rather than what is happening in Singapore.

Publication Date: 
12/02/2019
Daily News Analysis (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Swine Flu, Influenza, Infectious Diseases, Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Health
Health

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding state of patients in mental asylums, 03/01/2019

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Gaurav Kumar Bansal Vs Union of India & Others dated 03/01/2019 regarding condition of patients suffering from mental illness in mental asylums. The petitioner has drawn the attention of the Court to the fact that some of the patients suffering from Mental illness and are lodged in Faith Based Mental Asylum situated near Mohalla Kabulpur, District Badayun, Uttar Pradesh, are kept under chains.

Judgement Date: 
03/01/2019
Tags:
Mental Health, Supreme Court, Human Rights, India, Legislation, Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Water Pollution

HC notice to govt over water pollution

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) over a PIL complaining about water contamination in three villa

Publication Date: 
27/12/2018
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Ahmedabad (D), Water Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court
Environment

Hyderabad High Court urges plastic ban in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh shrines

Ban on plastic is necessary for future generations to sustain.

Publication Date: 
21/11/2018
Deccan Chronicle (Telangana)
Tags:
Telangana, Plastics, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Supreme Court, Environment
Environment

Shivaji statue has all environmental clearances

State is looking at charging visitors to the Rs. 3,600 crore project, HC told

Publication Date: 
02/11/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Environment Clearance (EC), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Environment
Health

HC seeks details of nutritional items procured by ICDS

High Court today sought affidavit from the authorities disclosing therein the details of amount received and payment made for the supply, purchase and procurement of nutritional items for Anganwari

Publication Date: 
11/10/2018
Daily Excelsior (Jammu)
Tags:
Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Nutrition, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Health
Habitat And Urbanisation

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding sealing of unauthorized constructions in Delhi, 07/09/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 07/09/2018 regarding sealing of unauthorized constructions in Delhi.

Judgement Date: 
07/09/2018
Tags:
Urban Encroachments, Supreme Court, Delhi, Municipal Corporations, Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Public Interest Litigation (PIL)
Environment

Activists upset with just 110 silence zones across Mumbai

Even as the festival season is about to begin from first week of September, anti-noise pollution activists are up in arms against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for only notifying 110

Publication Date: 
28/08/2018
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Noise Pollution, Municipal Corporation, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Environment

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