Supreme Court

Land

Free hand for acquisition

M J Antony / New Delhi September 17, 2008, 3:30 IST

The more the Supreme Court writes, the more the land owners seem to lose.

Publication Date:

17/09/2008

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Land Acquisition, Supreme Court

Wildlife

Panna tiger reserve Diamond mine gets the go-ahead Enlarge View Supreme Court revokes ban on diamond mine in tiger zone the Supreme Court on August 13 gave the go-ahead to the National Mineral Development Corporation (nmdc), a public sector undertaking, to resume diamond mining operations in the

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Author(s): Sumana Narayanan

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Mining, Displacement, Wildlife, Panna NP, Tiger Reserves, Net Present Value (NPV), Supreme Court, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), Madhya Pradesh

Agriculture

Halt GM crops

the Supreme Court on August 12 issued notice to the Centre on an application seeking a moratorium on allowing the cultivation of any genetically modified (gm) crop in the country. Hearing a pil filed by Aruna Rodrigues, P V Satheesh, Devinder Sharma and Rajeev Baruah in 2005, the court stated that gmos and seeds have potential health hazards and asked the Centre to come up with a

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, GM Crops, Health Effects, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), GMOs, Information, Supreme Court, High Court, Greenpeace, India

Our quality of mercy

Jambudwip is a tiny dot in the Bay of Bengal. A few years ago, it hit headlines when wildlife activists dragged fishermen, who used the landmass to dry their fish, to the Supreme Court. A case was

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Environment, Environment Economics, Islands, Mining, Ecology, Development, Marine Fisherfolk, Panna NP, Benefit Sharing, Poverty, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Supreme Court, India, Vedanta Aluminium, Mangroves

Mining

Verdict aftershock

Affected by POSCO, Vedanta projects, people prepare for the final battle after Vedanta and its Indian subsidiary, Sterlite, got the green signal to mine Niyamgiri for bauxite, Dongria Kondhs living in the hills have stepped up their vigil. They are determined to oppose any attempt at mining the hills.

Publication Date:

14/09/2008

Author(s): Ashutosh Mishra

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Forests, Land Acquisition, Mining, POSCO, Bauxite, Forest Rights Act 2006, Displacement, Tribals, Supreme Court, Orissa (Odisha), Jagatsinghpur (D), Kalahandi, Vedanta Aluminium

Mining

SC issues notice to MP Govt on mining activities

New Delhi: : The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a reply from the Madhya Pradesh Government on why it should not restrain mining activity in the state.

Taking up the plea of Ajay Dubey, secretary of Prayatna, an NGO working on environment-related issues, the Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan issued a notice on the petition challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court

Publication Date:

10/09/2008

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Mining, Supreme Court, NGO, Madhya Pradesh

Environment

Noise pollution case: Prelate discharged

The Supreme Court yesterday discharged Chief incumbent of Welikadawatte Temple, Rajagiriya Ven. Pannala Pannaloka Thera, who was earlier remanded by the Court till September 15, as he had failed to appear before the court on Monday 01, on charges of violating the Supreme Court order on the Noise Pollution.

Publication Date:

09/09/2008

Source: Daily News (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

Noise Pollution, Supreme Court, Sri Lanka

Environment

SC refuses bail for monk Noise pollution case

The Supreme Court yesterday rejected the motion seeking bail for Venerable Pannala Pragnaloka Thera of the Welikadawatte Temple Rajagiriya who had been remanded on a Supreme Court order for failing to answer notice to appear before the Court.

Publication Date:

06/09/2008

Source: The Island (Sri Lanka)

Tags:

Noise Pollution, Supreme Court, Sri Lanka

Energy