Environmental Law
Supreme Court Issues Directions For Installation Of Vapour Recovery System In Retail Petroleum Outlets
The Supreme Court has directed that all the retail petroleum outlets located in cities having population of more than 10 lakh and having turn over of more than 300 KL/Month shall install the Vapour Recovery System(VRS) mechanism. This should be done within the fresh time line prescribed in the circular issued by the Central Pollution Control Board on June 4, 2021.A bench comprising...
[Goa Forest Fire] 24X7 Control Room Established, Inquiry Ordered To Ascertain Cause: Centre
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has issued a press release reporting that a 24x7 control room for real time monitoring of forest fire spots in Goa has been established and an Inquiry is ordered to find out the reason for fire.Since March 5, multiple occurrences of forest fire have been detected across several parts of Goa in areas such as forests, private areas,...
In View Of Brahmapuram Fire, Kerala High Court Vacates Stay On NGT Directions To Cochin Corporation
In view of the fire which erupted in the Brahmpauram waste dumping yard, the Kerala High Court on Monday vacated the stay it had granted in 2018 on the directions passed by the National Green Tribunal to the Cochin Corporation. In October 2018, the NGT had imposed a fine of Rs. 1 Crore on the Cochin Corporation for its delay in setting up a solid waste treatment plant at Brahmapuram in...
NGT Directs NHAI To Pay 2 Crore Compensation For Violation Of ‘Green Highway Policy,2015’ .
The bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel(chairperson), Justice Sudhir Agrawal (judicial member), Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi (Judicial Member), Dr. A.Senthil Vel, (expert member) of National Green Tribunal, principal bench, New Delhi directed the National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) to pay compensation of 2 crore to PCCF,Haryana for non compliance of environmental obligation and...
Supreme Court Forms Committee To Oversee Transfer/Import Of Wild Animals In India
The Supreme Court has extended the jurisdiction of a High Powered Committee constituted by the High Court of Tripura for the transfer or import of wild animals in India at Pan India level. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice Krishna Murari and Justice A Amanullah. Supreme Court was approached by a petitioner seeking clarification on a previous order of the court regarding a...
Supreme Court Stays Laying Of Paver Blocks In Matheran, Says It'll Destroy City's Natural Beauty
The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a stay on the laying of concrete paver blocks in the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Matheran, the only pedestrian hill station in Asia, until the appropriate monitoring constituted by virtue of a 2003 notification by the Ministry of Environment and Forests took a call on the issue within eight weeks. While directing the committee to decide...
Human Life Equally Important As Protection Of Environment; Projects Necessary For Country's Economic Development Can't Be Stalled : Supreme Court
While giving a go-ahead to the construction of railway overbridges in West Bengal as part of the Setu Bharatam project, the Supreme Court observed that protection of human life is also equally important as protecting the environment.The project had been stayed since 2018 after the Calcutta High Court's order allowing the cutting down of 356 trees was challenged in the Supreme Court. In 2020,...
Supreme Court Disapproves Of Building Zoos Inside Tiger Reserves; Stops Constructions Within Core Areas Of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries
The Supreme Court on Wednesday put a stop to all construction activities in the core areas within tiger reserves, national parks, and wildlife sanctuaries, amidst the recent controversy over the Uttarakhand government’s proposal to construct animal enclosures inside the Jim Corbett National Park. This development follows closely on the heels of a court-constituted panel recommending...
CRZ Notification 2011 : Storage Facility For Edible Oil Not Allowed Outside Port Area; Supreme Court Affirms Quashing Of Post-Facto Clearance
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, noted that the word ‘within’ used for CRZ-I and ‘in’ used for CRZ-II in the CRZ Notification of 2011 cannot be interpreted to include what is outside the port areas. It is pertinent to note that in CRZ-I, the “storage of edible oil inter alia is permitted within the notified ports” and in CRZ-II, the storage of non-hazardous cargo such as edible...
Supreme Court Asks MoEFCC To Respond To Recommendation To Convert "Project Elephant" Into A Statutory Agency
The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice JB Pardiwala on Wednesday resumed hearings in the PIL seeking court's intervention in relation to the issue of a large number of unnatural death of wild elephants due to electrocution from power lines passing through the protected areas and elephant reserves. The bench asked the Ministry...
Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against ₹64 Lakh Penalty On Municipal Body For Dumping Solid Waste In Wular Lake
In a matter related to the dumping of solid waste in the catchment of Wular lake in Kashmir, the Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal that challenged National Green Tribunal's refusal to interfere with J&K State Pollution Control Committee's order imposing a penalty of Rs 64.21 Lakhs on Municipal Committee, Bandipora."We find no ground to interfere with the impugned order passed by...
NGT Should Test Bonafides & Credentials Of Applicants Before Passing Orders Having Far Reaching Effect: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court observed that the National Green Tribunal should test the bonafides and credentials of applicants before permitting them to seek orders which have far reaching effects.Before a litigant is permitted to knock the doors of justice and seek orders which have far reaching effects of affecting the employment of thousands of persons, stopping investment in the State, prejudicing...