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Department of Environment suggested alternative for defunct coastal authorities(25.04.2016)
The Central Government outlined proposals to avoid confusion and subversion of laws in areas where Coastal Zone Management Authorities are not functio.....
Tags : Coastal authority, department of environment
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Government to bring out new Performance-Based Rating of NGOs working on Environment(06.10.2015)
The Government will introduce new performance-based rating of Non-Government Organisations working in the environment field. It also released the 10th.....
Tags : Ngo, environment, rating, directory
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NGT to Govt.: Consider Setting Up of ETPs Instead of STPs for Treating Sewage Water(15.01.2016)
NGT has directed Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) to consider setting up effluent treatment.....
Tags : NGT , Central Pollution Control Board , Union Ministry of Environment and Forests
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Environment Ministry Orders Closure 150 Industrial Units Along Ganga(21.01.2016)
Environment Ministry has ordered closure of 150 industrial units, including sugar mills and tanneries, along the river Ganga after these failed to ins.....
Tags : Environment Ministry , river Ganga
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SC Stays Delhi HC Contempt Proceedings Against Centre for Failure to Publish Notification(14.08.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed the contempt of court proceedings initiated by Delhi High Court against Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoE.....
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SC Allows Filing of Writ Petition Against Environmental Clearance Granted to New Parliament Building(29.07.2020)
Supreme Court has allowed the filing of a Writ Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, 1949 challenging the Environmental Clearance gr.....
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NGT: No Need to Impose Environmental Compensation on KPCL at Yelahanka(30.06.2021)
National Green Tribunal has said that no violations have been committed by the Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. (KPCL) at the gas-based power plant at.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Environmental Compensation on KPCL at Yelahanka
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Delhi HC Observes Trees Only Hope of Environmental Redemption In Commercialized Cities(05.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that trees hold out as welcome and assuring living entities of hope, sanity, environmental redemption and even companionship.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Trees, environmental Redemption
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Supreme Court: NGT to Ensure Lawful Grant of Environmental Clearence(26.07.2024)
SC while setting aside NGT's order allowing establishment of a Common Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility, has observed that it is NGT’s duty to satis.....
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CIC Raps MoEF for Withholding Information on K'taka Grasslands Issue(29.10.2015)
Central Information Commission (CIC) has rapped Environment Ministry for withholding information related to construction work in ecologically- sensiti.....
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NGT Serves Show Cause Notices to CS and Principal Secretaries of PHE(09.11.2015)
NGT has issued show cause notices to Chief Secretary and Principal Secretaries of Environment and Public Health Engineering (PHE) departments of West .....
Tags : NGT , Chief Secretary and Principal Secretaries of Environment and Public Health Engineering (PHE) departments of West Bengal
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SDMC Toll Tax Contractor Starts Collecting ECC as per SC Order(09.11.2015)
SMYR Consortium, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) contractor for toll tax , has agreed to collect Environment Compensation Charge (ECC) from h.....
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NGT: Industrial Units Cannot Operate Without Prior Environment Clearance(08.06.2021)
National Green Tribunal has held that industrial units required to get an Environment Clearance (EC) under EIA notification cannot operate without pri.....
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Supreme Court: Serious Concern Expressed Over Plastic Pollution in Rivers(07.08.2024)
Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over plastic pollution in rivers and observed that the dumping of plastic is causing serious environment d.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Plastic Pollution, Environment Degradation
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NGT Defines Emergency Norms for Delhi & Four States over Air Pollution(11.11.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has defined the term “environmental emergency” and listed measures to be taken by Delhi and its neighbouring States when.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, environmental emergency, Air Pollution
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Supreme Court Expresses Concern About Banaglore’s Degrading Environment(27.08.2019)
Supreme Court has observed that the environment of the city of Bangalore has degraded so much and so fast that the time will not be far away for this .....
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Karnataka HC Extends Stay on Publication of Final Notification Until Further Orders(07.09.2020)
Karnataka High Court has extended the stay on the publication of the Final Notification based on the Draft Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notific.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Draft Environment Impact Assessment
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SC Stays Imposition of NGT's Environmental Compensation on Thermal Plants(11.09.2020)
Supreme Court has stayed the recovery of 'Environmental Compensation' imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), for non-achievement of 100 % Fly A.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Environmental Compensation, Thermal Plants
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NGT Asks CPCB to Consider Environmental Audit of E-Commerce Websites(14.09.2020)
National Green Tribunal has asked the Central Pollution Control Board to submit an action taken report against manufacturers and e-commerce websites w.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Environmental Audit of E-Commerce Websites
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Gujarat HC Refuses to Quash FIR for Dumping Chemicals in Open Land(27.06.2022)
Gujarat High Court has refused to quash a FIR lodged for violation of the Environment (Protection) Act against a factory owner for allegedly dumping c.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Dumping Chemicals, Environment (Protection) Act
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NGT Directs Closure of over 300 Industrial Units for Violating Environmental Laws(14.01.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed closure of arround 300 industrial units across India, including 23 in Gujarat, for violating key environmen.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal , Environmental Laws
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Cabinet approves MoC between India and Japan in the field of Environmental Cooperation(06.12.2018)
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India a.....
Tags : MOC, Approval, Environmental Cooperation
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NGT Quashes Centre’s Notification Diluting Provisions of Environmental Clearance For Constructions(04.01.2018)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has quashed notification dated 09.12.2016 issued by Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, whereby substantive prov.....
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Delhi HC Stays Centre’s Green Exemption to Construction Projects(27.11.2018)
Delhi High Court has stayed two notifications of Ministry of Environment and Forest granting exemption from environmental clearance to building constr.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, MoEF, Environment Clearence
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P&H HC: Object of Persons with Disabilities Act to Provide Congenial Work Environment(27.08.2020)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has remarked that the object of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity, Protection of Rights and Full Particip.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Congenial Work Environment
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NGT: Impose Fine on Airlines Disposing Excreta Before Landing(21.12.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed aviation regulator DGCA to issue a circular to all airlines asking them to pay Rs. 50,000 as environmental .....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, environmental compensation, airlines, excreta
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Kerala HC Slaps Fine of Rs. 1 Crore for Violating Green Norms on DLF Builders, Spares Building(22.12.2016)
Kerala High Court while asking DLF Builders to pay a fine of Rs.1 crore for constructing an apartment complex at Chilavannur in violation of Environme.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, DLF Builders, Environment Laws
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Bombay HC Suggests Centre to Allow Cops to Lodge Complaints Under Environment Laws(28.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has directed Union Government to consider allowing police officers to lodge complaints for offences under Environmental Protection A.....
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SC: Must Ensure Sensitive Work Environment for Growing Women Judicial Officers(28.02.2025)
SC has underscored the importance of ensuring sensitive work environment for women judicial officers and stated that it is not enough to find comfort .....
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SC Stays Notification by Centre Exempting Construction Projects from Environmental Clearance(28.02.2025)
Supreme Court has stayed notification by Central Government that exempted certain building and construction projects from mandatory prior environmenta.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Central Government, Environmental Clearance
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Union Environment Ministry Issues Strict Norms for Thermal Plants(23.12.2015)
Union Environment Ministry has notified revised norms of emission standards for coal-based thermal power plants in the country and made it mandatory f.....
Tags : Union Environment Ministry , coal-based thermal power plants
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NGT Orders Environment Audit of All Government Buildings in Delhi(24.11.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered environment audit of all Government Buildings, including offices and hospitals, in Delhi to control pollutio.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Government Buildings, environment audit
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Bombay HC Slams State for Failure to Create Conducive Environment for Specially-Abled Students(05.12.2016)
Bombay High Court has rapped State Government and a Private School for their failure to create a conducive environment for specially-abled students un.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, conducive environment, specially-abled students
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Environmental Clearance can’t have Any Retrospective Effect: Supreme Court(13.11.2018)
Supreme Court has reiterated that environmental clearance cannot have any retrospective effect and it is operational from the date it is granted, whil.....
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Delhi HC Imposes Costs on Petitioner Seeking Financial Assistance for Implementing Project(30.09.2020)
Delhi High Court has imposed heavy costs of Rs 50,000 on a Petitioner seeking financial assistance of Rs 70,000 from the Central Government for implem.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Clean Environment Project
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Bombay HC: Right to Shelter and Adequate Housing is Protected under Article 21(23.06.2025)
Bom. HC has observed that it is true that right to a clean environment is part of right to life. But it is also equally true, and clearly laid down by.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Article 21, Clean Environment
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Environment Ministry Grants 6 Months Window For Green Clearance to Units(21.03.2017)
Environment Ministry has granted a six-month window as one-time opportunity to secure environmental clearance to units which have not obtained such a .....
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SC: Fresh Environmental Clearance Necessary for Expansion Beyond Limits Approved by Prior EC(06.12.2019)
Supreme Court has ruled that a fresh environmental clearance is necessary for the expansion of a project beyond the limits approved by the prior envir.....
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NGT Orders Maharashtra Government to Pay ?12,000 Crore Compensation for Improper Waste Management(12.09.2022)
National Green Tribunal while directed the State of Maharashtra to pay ?12,000 crores as environmental compensation, has held that compensation under .....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Environmental Compensation, Waste Management
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SC Bars Action Against 10-Yr Diesel & 15-Yr Petrol Vehicle Owners in Delhi NCR(13.08.2025)
The Supreme Court has directed no coercive action against owners of 10-year-old diesel and 15-year-old petrol vehicles in Delhi NCR. The order came in.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Vehicle Ban, Diesel Vehicles, Petrol Vehicles, Delhi NCR, Environmental Law
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NGT Imposes Rs. 3500 Crores Fine on State Of West Bengal for Continuing Environmental Damage(05.09.2022)
National Green Tribunal has imposed a heavy fine of Rs. 3500 as environmental compensation on the State of West Bengal for causing continuous damage t.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Environmental Compensation, Fine
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SC Strikes Down Notification Exempting Projects Like Schools from Obtaining Environmental Clearence(06.08.2025)
Supreme Court has partially struck down Centre’s notification exempting construction projects like industrial sheds, schools, colleges, and hostels fr.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Environmental Clearence, Environmental Impact Assessment
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Top Story
Uncaging growth and development around Okhla Bird Sanctuary(19.08.2015)
In an aptly named Notification, 'Central Government hereby notifies an area up to one hundred meter from the eastern, western and southern boundary an.....
Tags : environment, okhla, sanctuary, bird, homes
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Judgments
Fresh environmental clearance necessary for expansion beyond limits approved by Prior EC(03.12.2019)
The present Civil Appeal arises from an order of the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal. In its order, the NGT held that, the increase in .....
Tags : Environmental impact, Regulatory procedure, Compliance
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