Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Common Cause Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/07/2018 regarding violation of environmenal and forest clearances and resultant compensation. The report submitted by CEC dated 17/01/2018 states that the compensation assessed in terms of the judgment and order passed by the Supreme Court works out to Rs.17417.99 crores for violation of the environmental clearance and an amount of Rs.1756.39 crores for violation of the forest clearance.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday started hearing afresh a plea challenging the legality of Karnataka government's Yetttinhole project for utilisation of 24 tmcft of water from Netravath
A plea alleging destruction of mangroves by the Deen Dayal Port Trust in Gujarat's Kutch district has prompted the National Green Tribunal to seek responses from the Centre and the state government
The North India’s only natural rock salt mines at Drang in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh would become operational on Monday, six year after it was closed due to lack environment clearance and
Two months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) suspended forest clearance for the 1750-MW Demwe Lower hydroelectric project in Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh, the National Board for Wildlife
The Odisha government had assessed mining violations within the state on different parameters - violations of environment and forest clearance, mining beyond designated areas, and excess mining wit
The central government has put in place detailed guidelines for wind power generators to plug loopholes in contracts, reduce disputes and help achieve its ambitious target of generating 60,000 mw o
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrei Tuithung & Others Vs Union of India dated 06/12/2017 for review of judgement passed by NGT in 26/02/2016 which had cleared the forest clearance granted to the Thoubal Multipurpose Project proposed at the trijunction of of Ukhrul, Senapati and Thoboul Districts of Manipur