National Green Tribunal Seeks Explanation For Granting Environment Clearance To Drill Oil In Assam National Park [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal ordered the Environment Ministry and State Pollution Control Board to submit a report explaining how it granted an Environment Clearance permitting Indian Oil Corporation to drill oil wells in the Dibru–Saikhowa National Park of Assam. Assam-based conservationists Bimal Gogoi and Mridu Paban Phukan appealed the Eastern Zone Bench of the National...

Karnataka HC Says It Will Stay Draft EIA Notification 2020 If Centre Does Not Publish It In Regional Languages

Expressing displeasure over the stand taken by the Central Government that it will not publish the draft Environment Impact Assessment, (EIA) notification issued on March 23, in the official languages of the states, the Karnataka High Court has decided to consider on August 5, consider the prayer to stay the notification. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice...

Draft EIA Notification 2020 : Karnataka HC Asks Centre To Consider Extending Time For Submitting Objections

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday directed the Union Government to consider extending the time for submitting suggestions and objections to the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification issued on March 23. The last date for submitting suggestions/objections, as extended by the Delhi High Court, is August 11. The last date as per the original notification was June 30. A...

NGT Has Power To Issue General Directions For Future Guidance To Prevent Injury To Environment: SC [Read Judgment]

NGT's jurisdiction is remedial and not restitutionary, held the bench.

NGT Directs NTPC Power Plant To Deposit 10 Crore Interim Compensation For Dumping Fly Ash In Rihand Reservoir [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday directed NTPC Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station, situated in Madhya Pradesh, to deposit a sum of Rs. 10 crore with the State Pollution Control Board, towards interim compensation for environmental damage. The direction has come in an application filed by Advocate Ashwani Kumar Dubey, in wake of a breach in the "Fly Ash Dyke" of the...

Hubbali-Ankola Rail Line : Karnataka HC Extends Stay On Wildlife Board Decision Allowing Diversion Of Forest Land

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday extended the interim relief earlier granted directing that no further steps shall be taken on the decision taken by the State Board for Wildlife to allow diversion of 595.64 hectares of forest land for constructing railway line between Hubballi and Ankola. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice M Nagaprasanna turned down the request...

NGT Directs State Pollution Control Board & Collector To Submit Action Taken Report Against Dumping Of Municipal Solid Waste In Wular Lake [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal has directed the State Pollution Control Board and Collector of Baramula district (member secretary of state wetland authority) to submit an action taken report with regard to dumping of municipal solid waste in Wular lake, one of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia located in the Baramulla district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Coram...

Consider Giving Wide Publicity To Draft EIA Notification 2020 : Karnataka HC To Central Govt

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday asked the Union government to consider giving wide publicity to the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification issued on March 23, so that citizens can lodge their objections to it. The last date for submitting objections is August 11. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice M Nagaprasanna, while hearing a petition filed by...

Situation At Lonar Lake Pathetic, It Occurred Because Of Callous Indifference Of Authorities Responsible For Conservation of the Lake: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court in a sharp rebuke of state and local authorities on Monday observed that the situation at Lonar Lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra was 'really pathetic' and the situation arose mainly because of the callous indifference of many of the authorities responsible for conservation and preservation of Lonar Crater Lake. Division bench of Justice SB Shukre and Justice...

Assam Oil & Gas Leak: NGT Defers Direction To Deposit Rs.25 Cr Till Formulation Of Disbursement Plan After OIL Assures Liability Will Be Discharged [Read Order]

The National Green Tribunal last Thursday deferred the direction to Oil India Limited (OIL) to deposit an amount of Rs.25 crores with the District Magistrate, Tinsukia, Assam for the damage caused to the environment, and the extensive flora and fauna around the plant due to the oil and gas leak which took place at Baghjan Oil well set up by OIL. The bench of Chairperson Justice Adarsh...

Undermining Environmental Protection From Within: The Draft EIA Notification 2020

"Goals for conserving and sustainably using nature and achieving sustainability cannot be met by current trajectories, and goals for 2030 and beyond may only be achieved through transformative changes across economic, social, political and technological factors." -Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, 2019 The Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notifications were enacted by the Central Government in exercise of powers under Section 3(1)...

Delhi HC Directs Centre To Publish Draft EIA Notification 2020 In 22 Official Languages Within 10 Days [Read Order]

Looking to the "far reaching" consequences of the public consultation process, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Central Government to publish the draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, 2020 in all 22 official languages. The order has been passed by a division bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Prateek Jalan in a petition filed by...