The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Meghalaya Government on a report by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) that illegal mining of limestone was going on in the East Khasi hill region in the State.
A special three-judge forest bench, headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia, has issued notice to the State Government and asked it to file the reply.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/sc-notice-meghalaya
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/sentinel-guwahati
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/meghalaya
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/limestone
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/central-empowered-committee-cec
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/east-khasi-hills