The Supreme Court today refused to review its September 13, 2010, ruling which had ruled that states cannot frame policies to allot mining leases outside the scheme laid down in the MMDR act and the mineral
Jaipur: The Rajasthan high court, while hearing a case related to heath hazards due to mobile tower radiations, on Thursday sought data from the state on the number of cancer patients undergoing treatment
Following direction by the State Government to the Deputy Director of Mines (DDM), Joda, senior mining officer Samir Kumar Mishra has filed a case against Pattnaik Minerals Pvt Ltd (PMPL) in the Barbil
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Tuesday approved an arbitral panel comprising its two former chief justices, S P Bharucha and VN Khare, to resolve a dispute between Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries (RIL) and the ministry of petroleum and natural gas over the recovery of cost for developing the eastern offshore KG-D6 gas fields. Justice SS Nijjar while disposing of RIL’s plea said that the two arbitrators would appoint a third umpire arbitrator to resolve the differences.
Acquisition is without application of mind, says Court The High Court of Karnataka on Monday set aside the notification of 746 acres in Bangalore South for industrial purpose. Chikkanna and Hombaiah, the land owners and residents of Magadi taluk in Ramanagar district had moved the court, challenging the acquisition of their land. “The acquisition is without application of mind,” Justice Ashok B Hinchigeri observed, while quashing the notification dated August 19, 2008.
Chandigarh: Oil and Natural Gas Commission’s former engineer I.S. Kalsi was today asked by the Punjab and Haryana High Court to submit his report on uranium content in Malwa waters. The directions came
The Bombay high court on Monday suggested the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) to shift the thermal coal depot, which has resulted in large-scale destruction of mangroves in the Sewri mudflats due to slippage
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Monday adjourned till today the hearing on the plea seeking lifting of the interim stay on the construction of the Rs 6,300-crore 1,400-MW coal-based power plant in Athgarh.
The recent decision of the Supreme Court capping iron ore production at 30 million tonnes per annum in Karnataka has not deterred iron and steel companies from expanding their capacities. Both the existing
The West Bengal Government has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court which declared the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, “unconstitutional”. “We have filed an SLP in the Supreme Court challenging the verdict given by the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court. We will come to know the date of the hearing later,” said Kalyan Banerjee, a Trinamool Congress MP and one of the legal counsel for the State Government in this case, on Friday.
Violation forest rules by cement cos in Jaintia Hills Shillong: The Shillong bench of the Guahati High Court has directed the State Government to submit a report on whether provisions of the Forest Conservation Act 1980 has been complied while granting permission of establishment of cement plants and limestone mines in Jaintia Hills. Initiating a suo-moto public interest Litigation petition, the court on July 27 directed the government to submit the report in the form of an affidavit within four weeks time.
