The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday refused to grant any interim relief to UK-based Vedanta Group company, Sterlite Industries Ltd, to commence operation of its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin district.

A bench headed by (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said even though the expert committee report said the emission and ambient air quality were within prescribed limits, there is no “justification” for allowing the plant to start operating as there were claims of gas leakage from the industrial unit.

Most of us have the habit of drinking water right out of bubble-top cans without qualms. But is the canned ‘mineral water’ safe enough?

Pune Bachao Samiti - a citizens' group has decided to approach the national green tribunal to raise issues pertaining to the development plan (DP) for the old city areas.

"The committee has several objections regarding details given in the development plan about the existing land use and proposed land use. Our objections are related to infrastructure such as roads and water bodies, which are going to impact the environment. So the committee have decided to raise these issues before the national green tribunal," said the members of the committee, while speaking to reporters.

Mumbai: Bombay HC will hear a PIL as a test case to determine whether grievances raised in it are related to the National Green Tribunal or should be heard by it.

A division bench of Justice V M Kanade and Justice F M Reis on Tuesday heard a plea by Parshuram Uparkar, an ex-MLC, challenging the authority of the Maharashtra Maritime Board to allot wharfs to a private party for setting up a multipurpose jetty near Aronda village in Terakhol creek in Sawantwadi.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued instructions to Haryana government to submit the details of hospitals adhering to the prescribed standards for the management of biomedical waste.

The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has deferred the hearing on the interim stay order on the ongoing civil works at Coimbatore Corporation's Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Nanjundap

Construction of the KGS Aranmula International Airport will resume after the National Green Tribunal, Chennai, dismissed a petition challenging various decisions related to the project.

KOCHI: The Chennai bench of the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday dismissed a petition which challenged decisions, including industrial area notification for the proposed Aranmula airport project

CHENNAI: The proposed KGS Aranmula International Airport in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala got a reprieve on Tuesday when the National Green Tribunal, Chennai Bench, dismissed a petition that ch