Pollution Control Board Archives

Raid Within Days of AAP-BJP Switch Was Political Vendetta, Not Environmental Urgency: Punjab & Haryana HC Applies Wednesbury to Restrain PPCB

In the case at hand, the Punjab Pollution Control Board raided a company at the time when its Chairman Emeritus switched political allegiance from AAP to BJP.

Formaldehyde units environmental clearance judgment

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Supreme Court Permits Formaldehyde Units in Rajasthan and Haryana to Continue Operations Pending Environmental Clearance; Sets Aside NGT Closure Orders

Supreme Court allowed appeals by formaldehyde manufacturing units in Rajasthan and Haryana and quashed NGT closure orders over absence of prior Environmental Clearance under the EIA Notification, 2006.

Case Briefs High Courts

“Administrative laxity and systemic failures threaten public health and breach Article 21”; Jharkhand HC directs strict enforcement of Bio-Medical Waste Rules

“Handling of biomedical substances demands meticulous oversight and strict adherence to scientific procedures and any administrative or institutional laxity in this sphere brings grave and irreversible consequences.”

Legislation Updates Notifications

Revised Uniform Consent Guidelines Introduced under Air and Water Laws to Accelerate Industrial Approvals

Govt has revised the Uniform Consent Guidelines to accelerate approvals, improve compliance, and harmonise procedures under the Air and Water pollution control frameworks.

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Rampant noise pollution, incessant use of horns; a Deplorable state of affairs! NGT finds Rajasthan in contempt of Supreme Court’s order

National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench): While addressing the issue of pressure/air horns and motor vehicles being driven with intolerable sound in

Case Briefs High Courts

Telangana HC | Do Water Act and Air Act bestow an urgent power on Pollution Control Board whereby notice for closure of unit can be called upon? HC discusses provision

Telangana High Court: A Division Bench of Raghvendra Singh Chauhan, CJ and B. Vijaysen Reddy, J., while addressing the present petition observed that,

Case Briefs High Courts

Utt HC | Before deciding to de-seal a closed unit, Environment Protection Board must satisfy itself that petitioner complied with necessary norms

Uttaranchal High Court: A Division Bench of Ramesh Ranganathan, CJ. and N.S. Dhanik, J. entertained a petition seeking a writ of certiorari

Case Briefs Tribunals/Commissions/Regulatory Bodies

Obtaining environmental clearance imperative when the idea of new construction of State Legislative Assembly proposed: NGT

National Green Tribunal (NGT): A Division Bench comprising of Raghuvendra S. Rathore, Judicial Member and Satyawan Singh, Expert Member, emphasized the duty