Environmental Protection

Supreme Court directs survey of mining leases in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya vs. State of Karnataka (2024) INSC 267 (14 March 2024)

/ Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Comprehensive Environment Plans for the Mining Impact Zone (CEPMIZ), Environmental Law, Environmental Protection, Implementation of Court Orders, Mining Law, Mining Leases, Monitoring Committee, Production Ceilings, Reclamation and Rehabilitation Plans (R&R Plans), Supreme Court Orders

Supreme Court directs survey of mining leases in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya vs. State of Karnataka (2024) INSC 267 (14 March 2024) Date of the Judgment: 14 March 2024 Citation: 2024 INSC 267 Judges: Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice M.M. Sundresh, and Justice Bela M. Trivedi Can the Supreme Court intervene to ensure […]

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Supreme Court clarifies powers under the Wild Life (Protection) Act: State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Anand Engineering College (2022)

/ Administrative Law, B.V. Nagarathna, Environmental Protection, Judges, M.R. Shah, Natural Justice, Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 with Section 33

Supreme Court clarifies powers under the Wild Life (Protection) Act: State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Anand Engineering College (2022) LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Forest Department has the authority to impose damages under Section 33 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. CASE TYPE: Environmental Law Case Name: State of Uttar Pradesh and others vs. Anand

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Supreme Court forms Expert Committee to Decide on Felling of Trees for Development Projects (25 March 2021)

/ A.S. Bopanna, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 21, Constitutional Law with Article 48-A, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection, Fundamental Rights, Judges, S.A. Bobde, Sustainable Development, Tree Felling, V. Ramasubramanian

Supreme Court forms Expert Committee to Decide on Felling of Trees for Development Projects (25 March 2021) LEGAL ISSUE: Balancing development with environmental protection in projects requiring tree felling. CASE TYPE: Environmental Law Case Name: Association for Protection of Democratic Rights & Anr. vs. The State of West Bengal & Ors. Judgment Date: 25 March

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Supreme Court Modifies Mining Cap in Karnataka: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya vs. State of Karnataka (2017)

/ Abhay Manohar Sapre, Environmental Law, Environmental Protection, Intergenerational Equity, Judges, Mineral Policy, Mining Cap, Mining Law, Mining Regulation, Navin Sinha, Public Interest Litigation, Ranjan Gogoi, Reclamation and Rehabilitation Plan, Supreme Court Judgments, Supreme Court of India

LEGAL ISSUE: Modification of mining production caps. CASE TYPE: Public Interest Litigation (PIL) related to environmental and mining regulation. Case Name: Samaj Parivartana Samudaya & Ors. vs. State of Karnataka & Ors. [Judgment Date]: 14 December 2017 Introduction Date of the Judgment: 14 December 2017 Citation: 2017 INSC 1037 Judges: Ranjan Gogoi, J., Abhay Manohar

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Supreme Court Temporarily Reinstates Ban on Firework Sales in Delhi NCR for Diwali 2017

/ A.K. Sikri, Abhay Manohar Sapre, Air Pollution, Ashok Bhushan, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Law with Article 48A, Constitutional Law with Article 51A(g), Environmental Law, Environmental Protection, Fundamental Duties, Judges

LEGAL ISSUE: Whether the Supreme Court should reimpose a ban on the sale of fireworks in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) for Diwali 2017, considering the severe air pollution caused by fireworks. CASE TYPE: Environmental Law Case Name: Arjun Gopal and Others vs. Union of India and Others Judgment Date: 9th October 2017

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