National Green Tribunal advocate Gaurav Bansal complained about Justice Sudhir Agarwal to NGT chairperson & environment ministry, saying he was unlikely to get justice in the judge's court.
What was a grand strategy to create a parallel environmental structure for grievance and unclog the Supreme Court has fallen woefully short of its promise and potential.
ThePrint recaps some other large government projects in Delhi that have come under the scanner for allegedly failing to comply with rules & regulations concerning felling of trees.
SC has lifted the ban on desilting activities in the dam in Tonk, but environmentalists say it was filled to capacity only 3-4 times, making it less prone to effects of silt formation.
Both Centre, state informed top court acknowledging mining activities in Krishna & Guntur districts. Two separate panels formed for each district to ensure compliance of NGT order.
DJB tells NGT Haryana’s ‘neglect impacting Yamuna water & situation could lead to water crisis in Delhi, affecting plants that supply water to residences of President, PM’.
A petition on the matter said the scarcity has been caused by the withdrawal of water by several entities, including the Kishanpur canal and two thermal plants.
Govt to devise mechanism to ensure trees duly planted as compensatory afforestation if permission is granted for felling. Official says provision already exists & issue is implementation.
Officers of Corbett National Park 'had scant respect for rules', violated laws for tiger safari, says committee. It finds no reason to doubt Forest Survey estimate of 6,093 trees felled.
Villages allege that interpretation of reports submitted by teams of Punjab Pollution Control Board & NGT was faulty. Court has agreed to get deeper probe provided they end stir.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Judiciary is ultimate of civic society, even a step beyond government. It is the watchdog of governance within the frame of constitution. In this ambit, role of advocates is equally important as the link between people and judiciary.
With the progressive prevalance of government over the functional freedom of judiciary more often, suppressing the natural justice to common man, Advocates have yeoman services in upholding the denied right of people.
Adv. Bansal has just lived upto this need. Such awareness is the need of the hour.
Judiciary is ultimate of civic society, even a step beyond government. It is the watchdog of governance within the frame of constitution. In this ambit, role of advocates is equally important as the link between people and judiciary.
With the progressive prevalance of government over the functional freedom of judiciary more often, suppressing the natural justice to common man, Advocates have yeoman services in upholding the denied right of people.
Adv. Bansal has just lived upto this need. Such awareness is the need of the hour.