The Arunachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Human Organ Transplantation Act 1994 (Amendment Act 2011) through a government resolution. Health and Family Welfare Minister Alo Libang moved the government resolution in the House. The Act was passed by Parliament which
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Center on a Public Interest plea (PIL), ordering the Center to give effective guidelines to check population explosion and restrict families to two children if they wanted to avail benefits including government
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) fined the West Bengal government Rs 3,500 crore for massive irregularities in the generation and treatment of solid and liquid waste. The green panel said the state government does not prioritize the installation of solid waste and
The Bombay High Court recently ruled that under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO), even touching private parts with sexual intent is enough to consider it as sexual harassment. The High Court said this while rejecting the plea of
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has requested a response from the Union Department of Water on the issue of the use of drinking water for industrial purposes and its pollution. NGT Chairperson Justice (retd) Adarsh Kumar Goel issued notice to the Ministry
India will ban the export of carbon credits to companies until they meet its climate targets, power and renewable energy minister Raj Kumar Singh told lawmakers debating changes to the country’s energy conservation law on Monday. “Carbon credits are not going to
The National Green Court has imposed a cost of Rs 100 crore on the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) for failing to control the discharge of untreated sewage into the sewers directly into the Yamuna River. A bank headed by Justice
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed environmental compensation (EC) of Rs 153.66 crore on four builders for violating environmental norms and non-compliance of solid waste management (SWM) standards in six of their projects in Kundli, Sonipat. The court ordered that the
A group of environmentalists have approached the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against the felling of 20,000 trees to widen the 43km-long Gurugram-Rewari highway, calling it “unlawful”. The petitioners alleged that permission for cutting the trees was granted without considering the existing laws
Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said the Delhi government would issue a warning to units violating the ban on 19 single-use plastic (SUP) items by July 10, after which criminal action would be taken against repeat offenders. Action will include a
