Climate change: HC issues dire warning
Expressing its concern over the climate changes caused by iniquitous use of natural resources, the Delhi High Court has observed that environmental damage had reached to such an extend, the life on the...
View ArticleWhither the National Environment Appellate Authority?
While the National Environment Appellate Authority was set up as an independent body to address cases in which environmental clearances have been granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, it...
View ArticleNational Green Tribunal Bill, 2009: Proposals for improvement
The government is to introduce in the winter session of Parliament legislation to give effect to a suggestion made by the Supreme Court over the years: establishment of
View ArticleOrder on environmental clearance to Lanjigarh bauxite mining project of...
The recent order by National Environment Appellate Authority on granting environmental clearance to Lanjigarh bauxite mining project of Orissa Mining Corporation in Kalahandi and Rayagada districts of...
View ArticlePetition seeks to declare National Green Tribunal Act unconstitutional
CHENNAI: A student of the School of Excellence in Law has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act 2010 as unconstitutional. In his public...
View ArticleNo-go tribunal: the National Green Tribunal remains on paper
For all its visible activism, it is not clear why the Union environment ministry has remained slow in activating the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which came into being in October 2010. No appointments...
View ArticleOrder of the Supreme Court of India on the proposed expansion of M/s. Monnet...
Order of the Supreme Court of India on the proposed expansion of M/s. Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited's existing plant at Naharpali, Kharsia, Raigarh dated 19/09/2013 in the matter of M/s. Monnet Ispat
View ArticleThe National Environment Appellate Authority Act, 1997
An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Environment Appellate Authority to hear appeals with respect to restriction of areas in which any industries, operations or processes or class of...
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