Environmental Protection Archives

Development versus Environment Protection | Rajasthan High Court mandates to plant ‘10 trees for every one fell’ for development & beautification project

“A Master Plan is a policy document for guiding the future development of the cities or towns in a planned manner which cannot be modified or revised… at the whims and fancies of the authority concerned… It should be implemented in larger public interest.”

Experts Corner Numen Law Offices

Judicial Activism and Environmental Protection: Supreme Court’s Suo Motu Action against Deforestation in Hyderabad

by Manasi Chaudhari*

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

NGT orders for periodic monitoring of illegal sand mining activities and environmental violations in MP’s Tamia

The National Green Tribunal emphasised on the necessity for appropriate action, including prosecution and environmental compensation, in case of violations.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

SC disapproves NGT’s frequent ex-parte orders; says ‘a beacon of environmental protection must balance between justice and due process’

“The Tribunal must tread carefully to avoid the oversight of propriety, the practice of ex-parte orders and the imposition of damages amounting to crores of rupees.”

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

SCOTUS| Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority under Clean Air Act to devise emission caps based on the generation shifting approach

Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS): In a decision that is being touted as a setback in the fight against climate

Case Briefs Foreign Courts

Doctrine of ‘duty to consult’ indigenous people not applicable to legislative action, amounts to trespass on the legislature’s domain

Supreme Court of Canada: A Nine-Judge Bench comprising of Wagner C.J., and Abella, Moldaver, Karakatsanis, Gascon, Côté, Brown, Rowe and Martin, JJ.