Air Pollution

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding rising vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR), 29/04/1999

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M.C. Mehta vs Union Of India & Others on 29 April, 1999 regarding rising vehicular pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR). Bhure Lal Committee in its Report submitted to Supreme Court on April 1, 1999 has indicated that more than 90% of Nitrogen Oxide (Nox) and respirable particulate matter (RSPN) from vehicles exhaust over Delhi is due to diesel emissions which is a serious health hazard.

Considering the suggestions made by Bhure Lal Committee Supreme Court directs that:

Judgement Date: 
29/04/1999
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Health Effects, Supreme Court, Delhi, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), RSPM (PM 10), Petrol, Diesel, Cars, Air Quality and Health
Air Pollution

Engines of the devil: why dieselisation of private automobile fleet should be banned - the case of Delhi

To understand the problem posed by diesel, it is necessary to understand the new information that has emerged over the last decade about its ill-effects. The first big finding come with air pollution experts discovering that diesel exhaust consists of 10-100 times more particles than petrol. More than that, experts soon began to realise that it is not the total quantity of particles that matters so much for public health as the size of the particles in vehicular exhaust. This monograph busted the myth that diesel is the fuel of the future and shows how harmful it is for the health.

Publication Date: 
Jan 1999
Anil Agarwal
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, Vehicular Pollution, SPM, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Fuel Quality, Diesel, Transport, Supreme Court, Europe, Delhi
Air Pollution

Supreme Court order dated 28/07/1998 in the case of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Ors on vehicular pollution in Delhi

Supreme Court order dated 28/07/1998 in the case of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Ors on vehicular pollution in Delhi.

Publication Date: 
28/07/1998
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution, Delhi, Urban Air Quality, Supreme Court, Public Transport, CNG Buses, Private Sector
Environment

Pollution in Medak district, Andhra Pradesh

This Writ Petition was filed in 1990 in the Supreme Court by the Indian Council for Enviro Legal Action & Others. against the industries and the CETP managements of PETL at Pathancheru and Bolaram for the pollution of the ground water and surface water caused by the discharge of the effluents from these CETPs. Among others, the A.P.

Publication Date: 
01/07/1997
Envis Centre
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Supreme Court, Andhra Pradesh, Medak, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP)
Industry

 In Court

Of late, the public and the private sectors saw a great deal of activism by the Supreme Court (SC) and high courts (HC).

Publication Date: 
27/02/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
North East, Timber Smuggling, Trees, Supreme Court, High Court, Chennai (D)
Air Pollution

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal, 30/12/1996

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India on Taj Mahal dated 30/12/1996 in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others. The judges noted that the Taj is threatened with deterioration and damage not only by the traditional causes of decay, but also by changing social and economic conditions which aggravate the situation with even more formidable phenomena of damage or destruction.

Judgement Date: 
30/12/1996
Tags:
Air Pollution, Monuments, Agra (T), Industrial Pollution, Bricks, Vehicular Pollution, Congestion, Supreme Court, Mathura (T), Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Fossil Fuels, Diesel
Forests

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding the true scope of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and the meaning of the word "forest" used therein, 12/12/1996

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of T. N. Godavarman Thirumulkpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/12/1996 regarding the true scope of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and the meaning of the word "forest" used therein.

Judgement Date: 
12/12/1996
Tags:
Forest Act 1980, Forest Policy, Supreme Court, Forest Conservation, Deforestation, Arunachal, North East, Tirap, Paper and Pulp Industry, Tribals, Rail Transport, Plantation Crops, Minor Forest Produce, Jammu & Kashmir
Environment

Supreme Court judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 13/09/1996

Supreme Court judgement on Bhopal Gas Disaster dated 13/09/1996.

Publication Date: 
13/09/1996
Supreme Court of India
Tags:
Supreme Court, Environment, Industrial Disasters, Madhya Pradesh, Union Carbide, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC), Bhopal Gas Disaster
Mining

 THE ROW GOES ON

In a bid to break the deadlock over the Cauvery waters dispute, the Supreme Court requested Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, on December 28, 1995, to resolve the dispute

Publication Date: 
30/01/1996
Down to Earth
Tags:
Water Demand, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu
Sanitation

 BUYING TIME

The municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) would have had to shut down the Idgah abattoir on December 31, 1995, if the Supreme Court had not given a month's breather, in a recent order.

Publication Date: 
30/01/1996
Down to Earth
Tags:
Supreme Court, Delhi

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