RE: FELLING OF TREES IN AAREY FOREST (MAHARASHTRA)
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH IN RE: FELLING OF TREES IN AAREY FOREST (MAHARASHTRA) ( Before : Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, CJI, Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and J B Pardiwala,…
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – Section 5 – Power to give directions – NGT has the jurisdiction to direct the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) that it should in exercise of its powers under Section 5 of the Act 1986.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED — Appellant Vs. V.B.R. MENON AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Sudhanshu Dhulia and J.B. Pardiwala, JJ. )…
Transfer of elephants from one state to another state – HELD Chief Wild Life Warden(s) of the State(s) to which the issue relates will be the co-opted as Members of the said Committee in place of the Chief Wild Life Wardens of Tripura and Gujarat, throughout the territory of India,
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH MURULY M. S. — Appellant Vs. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah, JJ. )…
Corrigendum to Environment Clearance on additional conditions -An aggrieved person may always challenge the corrigendum to the EC, however, the appeal will be restricted to the corrigendum to the EC on additional conditions only, if the original EC is not under challenge and/or the original EC has been confirmed by the NGT earlier on certain conditions which have not been challenged
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH M/S IL&FS TAMIL NADU POWER COMPANY LIMITED — Appellant Vs. T. MURUGANANDAM AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : M.R. Shah and C.T. Ravikumar,…
Environment – Establishment of new wood-based industries – Appeals challenges the order passed by NGT HELD Forest Survey of India (FSI), undisputedly an expert body, arrived at its estimation based on the scientific method – NGT could not have sat in appeal over the opinion of the expert. NGT order set aside
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISION BENCH THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH AND OTHERS ETC. ETC. — Appellant Vs. UDAY EDUCATION AND WELFARE TRUST AND ANOTHER ETC. ETC. — Respondent (…
Ceiling limit on iron ore mining – Relaxation – Ceiling limit of iron ore mining may be raised from 28 MMT to 35 MMT for District Bellary, and from 7 MMT to 15 MMT for Chitradurga and Tumkur Districts collectively.
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SAMAJ PARIVARTANA SAMUDAYA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, CJI., Hima Kohli and…
HELD constrained to point out that out of 1689 units in the country, the applicant has chosen the Project Proponent as it appears to be a motivated petition to target the Project Proponent though the Cold Steel Rolling Mills in the country were operating under the same regime. Not only the Project Proponent, but the country also has suffered immensely on account of closure of the unit which was export oriented unit
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH GAJUBHA JADEJA JESAR — Appellant Vs. UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath, JJ. ) Civil…
Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 – Section 2 – Restriction on the dereservation of forests or use of forest land for non-forest purpose – State Government or any other authority can always permit the use of any forest land or any portion thereof for non-forest purposes only with the prior approval of the Central Government
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH NARINDER SINGH AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. DIVESH BHUTANI AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : A. M. Khanwilkar, Abhay S. Oka and C.…
Permission is granted to the applicants to enter into direct contracts to lift the excavated iron ore through inter State sales and also grant permission to the applicants to export the iron ore and pellets manufactured from the iron ore produced from the mines situated in the State of Karnataka
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA FULL BENCH SAMAJ PARIVARTANA SAMUDAYA AND OTHERS — Appellant Vs. STATE OF KARNATAKA AND OTHERS — Respondent ( Before : N.V. Ramana, CJI, Krishna Murari and…
National Green Tribunal – Territorial jurisdiction of High Court – In any case, no law is necessary to state that insofar as the Tribunals are concerned, they would be subordinate to the High Court
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA DIVISON BENCH THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH — Appellant Vs. RAGHU RAMAKRISHNA RAJU KANUMURU (M.P.) — Respondent ( Before : B.R. Gavai and Hima Kohli, JJ.…