Environmental Law
"Citizens Must Be Disciplined, They Don't Engage In Such Activities Abroad": Bombay High Court Directs Action Against Plastic Littering
The Bombay High Court has expressed serious concern over the reckless conduct of citizens in indiscriminately dumping garbage and plastic waste on public streets, observing that such behaviour is causing serious damage to the environment and placing undue pressure on the municipal machinery. The Court further observed that while citizens must inculcate civic discipline, which is the basic duty...
People Abandon Cattle On Roads, But Feel Offended If They Are Used For Food : Supreme Court
The Court commented that this was a feature of "this flawed world".
Bombay High Court Calls For Civic Accountability To Tackle Plastic Waste Crisis, Suggests Linking Ward Officers' ACRs To Cleanliness
The Bombay High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) to formulate a comprehensive ward-wise cleanliness framework and consider linking the performance of Ward Officers in maintaining sanitation standards to their Annual Confidential Reports (ACRs). The Court further observed that Mumbai's recurring plastic waste crisis, particularly garbage washed ashore...
Centre Can Allow Post-Facto Environmental Clearance Only By Statutory Notification : Supreme Court Quashes 2021 OM Prospectively
The Court held that the 2006 notification, which made prior EC mandatory, could not have been supplanted through an administrative order.
Supreme Court Takes Note Of Widespread River Pollution, Asks Rajasthan To Invoke Graver Offences Against Polluters
The Supreme Court recently sought Rajasthan Government's response to fresh reports alleging industrial pollution in different parts of the State, observing that the allegations, if found to be true, may point to a larger systemic failure in enforcement of environmental laws.The Court also asked the State to explain why prosecutions relating to illegal discharge of untreated industrial...
Supreme Court Directs Bihar Govt To Clear Encroachments Along Banks Of Ganga In Patna Within Six Weeks
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Bihar government six weeks to remove all unauthorised structures, constructions and encroachments between Nauzar Ghat and Nurpur Ghat in Patna along the banks of the Ganga, directing that its order be complied with irrespective of any interim orders passed by the High Court or district courts.“We grant six weeks' time to the State of Bihar to ensure...
Supreme Court Affirms Ban On Commercial Activity In Segur Plateau Elephant Corridor
The Court allowed the affected persons to seek alternate sources of livelihood.
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging CRZ Clearance For Additional Floors At Shah Rukh Khan's Mumbai Home 'Mannat'
The CJI expressed doubts over the bona fides of the appellant.
Compensatory Afforestation Must Be In Same Or Nearby Locality; Trees Planted Elsewhere Can't Compensate Residents: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court while emphasising on the importance of trees, recently made it clear that compensatory afforestation, which is usually done after cutting down trees for a development work, cannot be permitted to be done at a distant or remote place and rather must be done in the close proximity of the very place from where the trees were initially felled.A division bench of Justice...
'We Can't Be Mute Spectator In Matters Of Voiceless Animals': Supreme Court Orders Protection Of Kerala's Tallest Elephant
The Court held a man guilty of contempt for subjecting the elephant to commercial exploitation violating an undertaking.
Supreme Court Constitutes High-Powered Expert Committee To Reassess Definition Of Aravalli Hills
The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member High-Powered Expert Committee to undertake a comprehensive review of issues relating to the definition and demarcation of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges, observing that decisions with far-reaching environmental consequences should not be taken without the benefit of expert evaluation. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India, Justice...
