Water Resources

HC: Formulate bore, tube well policy

PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa, in a public interest litigation, has ordered that the policy on digging of bore wells, tube wells and controlling of activities of water tankers be formulat

Publication Date: 
29/11/2013
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Tubewells, Water Policy, High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Groundwater, Groundwater Regulation, Water Resources
Food Policy

HC seeks UP govt reply on Food Act

Hearing a PIL seeking implementation of National Food Security Act, 2013, in UP, the Allahabad High Court has directed the sate government to file its reply (counter affidavit) clarifying the steps

Publication Date: 
29/11/2013
Times Of India (Allahabad)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Food Security, High Court, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Food Policy
Water Pollution

Institute submits action plan to high court to curb river pollution

The Bombay high court (HC) on Wednesday asked all the parties involved in the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by NGO Godavari Gatarikaran Virodhi Manch, including the NGO, to come prepared f

Publication Date: 
21/11/2013
Times Of India (Nashik)
Tags:
Maharashtra, High Court, River Pollution, Water Pollution, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), NGO, Godavari, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Environment

126 polluting ceramic units near Morbi closed

The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Tuesday told the Gujarat high court that 126 ceramic industrial units, which were earlier served with closure notice, had been shut near Morbi and Wank

Publication Date: 
21/11/2013
Saeed Khan
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Rajkot (D), Industrial Pollution, Coal, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Natural Gas, Petrochemical Industry, Environment
Environment

HC slaps notices on GSPC, PGVCL rights group over environment laws violation

In connection with a public interest litigation (PIL) that has alleged violation of environmental laws by a large number of units of ceramic industry in Morbi-Wankaner region of Saurashtra, the Guj

Publication Date: 
20/11/2013
Indian Express (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Environment, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Industrial Pollution, High Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Health

HC asks Assam to follow guidelines to prevent AIDS

The Gauhati High Court on Saturday asked the Assam government to strictly follow the directions passed earlier on prevention and control of AIDS.

Publication Date: 
18/11/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Assam, High Court, Guwahati, AIDS, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), WHO
Health

HC seeks Maharashtra's reply on PIL alleging malnutrition deaths

Petition filed by two doctors from Amravati seeking contempt action against the state and its chief secretary for not acting on the orders of the HC

The Bombay High Court today asked the Maharashtra government to file an affidavit by November 20 informing what steps it had taken to prevent alleged death of children due to malnutrition in Melghat and other tribal areas of the state.

Publication Date: 
12/11/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Amravati (D), Malnutrition, Children, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court, Tribals, Child Health, Health Effects, Health
Water Pollution

Green Tribunal raps AP goverment over pollution

The National Green Tribunal, Southern Bench on Monday ordered notice to Andhra Pradesh Government on a plea to restrain bulk drug manufacturing industries from causing pollution to Nakka Vagu river

Publication Date: 
12/11/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Medak, Drug Industry, River Pollution, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Industrial Waste, Water Pollution
Solid Waste

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding compliance of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, 11/11/2013

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Lahariya Vs State of M.P. Ors. dated 11/11/2013 regarding compliance of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011 in letter and spirit and to stop use, sale and storage of plastic carry bags and packaging alleging that the standards of manufacture and disposal of polythene are not being followed leading to littering on the roads, clogging of drains and health hazard to human beings and cattle.

Judgement Date: 
11/11/2013
Tags:
Plastics, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior (T), Waste Management, Environment Act 1986, Health Effects, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Municipal Corporation, Panchayats, Bhopal (T)
Health

SC issues notice to Centre, PATH on clinical trials

The bench tagged the case with other petitions on clinical trials being heard by a different bench

The Supreme Court today issued notice to PATH, an international NGO working in the health sector, on a PIL alleging that it indulged in unethical conduct of clinical trials in collaboration with ICMR between 2009-10 in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.

Publication Date: 
11/11/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Supreme Court, Medical Research, NGO, Drugs, Drug Industry, Health

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