Supreme Court

Supreme Court order dated July 19 2004 directed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to release Rs 1503 crore deposited with it by the company for disbursement to Bhopal gas tragedy victims.

Publication Date:

19/07/2004

Source: International Environmental Law Research Centre

Tags:

Environment, Compensation, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Union Carbide, Supreme Court, Madhya Pradesh, Switzerland, International Environmental Law Research Centre, Health Effects

Mining

In Court

syl row rages: The Supreme Court (SC) has come down heavily on the Punjab government for its failure to construct the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal in accordance with the court's January 15, 2002,

Publication Date:

14/07/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040715

pp:

0

Tags:

Pollution Control, Canal Irrigation, Legislation, Supreme Court, Punjab

India

Cover up

Glaxo sued for concealing facts about drug

Publication Date:

14/07/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040715

pp:

0

Tags:

Drug Industry, Legislation, Supreme Court, United Kingdom (UK)

India

In Short

sky's the limit: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch a European satellite into orbit from its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle by the end of 2005. ISRO chief Madhavan Nair

Publication Date:

14/07/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040715

pp:

0

Tags:

Groundwater, Forest Resources, CNG, Hydroelectricity, Space Technology, Supreme Court, China, India, Assam, European Union (EU)

Water Resources

At a tangent

Authorities misdiagnose Gurgaon s water problems

Publication Date:

14/07/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040715

pp:

0

Tags:

Water Resources, Supreme Court, Governance, Gurgaon (D)

Food Policy

Food for all

The right-to-food campaign gets a fillip with the Common Minimum Programme of the new government incorporating far-reaching commitments on food security and the evolving constitutional doctrine tha

Publication Date:

02/07/2004

Author(s): Sukumar Muralidharan

Source: Frontline (Chennai)

Tags:

Food Security, India, Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Supreme Court, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Arunachal, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa (Odisha), Punjab, West Bengal, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Transport

The imperative of restricting vehicle numbers in Delhi: designing a parking policy to manage travel demand in the city

In this report, EPCA would like to point out that in the overall context, Delhi government needs to design specific measures in addition to improving public transportation system as levers to restrain traffic and their usage with the help of a phase-in time bound plan.

Publication Date:

01/07/2004

Source: Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority

Tags:

Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Parking Policy, Supreme Court, Delhi

Transport

The imperative of controlling vehicle numbers and increasing access: report on public transport projects in Delhi

On January 23, 2004, the Amicus Curiae for the ongoing public interest litigation on air pollution in the National Capital Region of Delhi had submitted an IA (IA No. 226) to the Hon

Publication Date:

01/07/2004

Source: Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority

Tags:

Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA), Public Transport, Supreme Court, Delhi, Vehicles