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India -- Him Privesh Environment Protection Society and another v. State of Himachal Pradesh and others, CWP 586/2010 and CWPIL 15/2009 (2012.5.4) (High Court of Himachal Pradesh) (Judgment against Jaypee Cement, misleading EIA)
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Government of Bangladesh and others (WP of 2003) (Tannery Case) (Original Petition)
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Government of Bangladesh and others WP of 2003 (2003.5.11) (Parks and Playgrounds Case) (Original Petition)
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Government of Bangladesh, WP 2020/2006 (Sylhet-Shoi Tila hillcutting case) (original petition)
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Government of Bangladesh, WP 8603/2005 (Sylhet-Jaflong hillcutting case) (original petition)
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Khulna City Corporation, et al. (Supreme Court of Bangladesh) (2009.05) (Original Petition)
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Ministry of Shipping and others (dd 2009.03.05 & 2009.03.17) (Shipbreaking Case) (Operative Portion of Order).
Bangladesh -- BELA v. Secretary, MoEF & others (WP ... of 2003) (Sonadia Island case) (Original Petition)
Bangladesh -- Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh, WP 6020/1997 (Chittagong hillcutting case) (original petition)
Bangladesh -- Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh WP 300 of 1995 (1995.02) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Origional Writ Petition)
Bangladesh -- Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh WP 300 of 1995 (2002.02) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Use of CNG)
Bangladesh -- Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh WP 300 of 1995 (2002.03) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Application for Directions re: Fuel Quality, Catalytic Converters, Inspection Center and Horns)
Bangladesh -- Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh WP 300 of 1995 (2002.03.27) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Court Order)
Bangladesh -- Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh WP 300 of 1995 (2002.04.30) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Horn Specifications)
Bangladesh -- Farooque v. Government of Bangladesh WP 891 of 1994 (2001.07.15) (Industrial Pollution Case)
Bangladesh -- Farooque vs Government of Bangladesh, WP 92 of 1996 (1996.07.01) (Radioactive Milk Powder Case)
Bangladesh -- Farooque vs. Government of Bangladesh, WP 998 of 1994, CA 24 of 1995 (1996.07.25) (Flood Action Plan Case)
Bangladesh -- Nurul Islam v. Government of Bangladesh, WP 1825 of 1999 (2000.02.07) (Tobacco Advertising Case)
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association v. Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, and others (Writ Petition _/2009) (Protection of the Piain, Dawki and Dhala rivers from Jaflong and Bholaganj stone quarries) (Original Petition)
Bangladesh: BELA v. Ministry of Shipping, et al., WP 3916/2006 (MT Alfaship case, orders dated May 2006)
India - Sansar Chand v. State of Rajasthan, Criminal Appeal No. 2024/2010 Arising out of Special Leave Petition 5599/2009 (2010.07) (Supreme Court) (Application for Intervention of Wildlife Trust of India) (Conviction under the Wildlife Protection Act)
India - Sansar Chand v. State of Rajasthan, Criminal Appeal No. 2024/2010 Arising out of Special Leave Petition 5599/2009 (2010.10.20) (Supreme Court) (Judgment affirming conviction) (Conviction under the Wildlife Protection Act)
India -- Research Foundation for Science v. Union of India, WP 657/1995 (2003.10.14) (Hazardous waste)
India -- A. Narayanan v. Department of Environment & Forests et al. (2009.03.12) (original petition)
India -- A. Narayanan v. Department of Environment & Forests et al. (2009.07.09) (counter affidavit of plastic bag manufacturers association)
India -- A.P. Pollution Control Board v. Prof. M.V. Nayudu (Retd.) (1999.01.27) (precautionary principle)
India -- A.P. Gunnies Merchants Association v. Govt of A.P. W.P. 386/2000(2001.06.21)(Air Pollution From Gunny Sacks)
India -- A.P. Pollution Control Board v. Appellate Authority Under Water Act. W.P. 33493/1998(2001.06.28)(Building Restrictions to Protect Drinking Water)
India -- A.P. Pollution Control Board v. Nayudu, CA 368-371 of 1999 (1999.01.27)
India -- Akhil v. Secretary A.P. Pollution Control Board W.P. 15490/2001(2001.3.10)(Garbage Burning/suo moto jurisdiction)
India -- Almitra H. Patel v. Union of India, WP 888/1996 (2000.02.15) (Municipal Waste Case)
India -- Association for Environment Protection v. The Principal Conservator of Forests & Ors (Original Petition) (2010.03.23) (Preventing indiscriminate cutting of trees)
India -- Athirappally Grama Panchayat v. Union of India and others (2006.03.23) (Anthirampilly Dam)
India -- Attakoya Thangal v. Union of India W.P. (Right to clean water as a right to life)
India -- Balachandra Bhikaji Nalwade v Union of India et al. WPC No.388/2009, Delhi High Court (2009.09.18)
India -- Balakrishnan v. Union of India (2000.06.06)(Cruelty of Animals: Circus Animals)
India -- Beena Sarasan v. Kerala Coastal Zone Management Authority & others (2005.11.08)
India -- Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sangathan & Others Versus Union of India & Others, WP(c) 50/1998 (2012.08.09) (Supreme Court of India) (Transfer of cases from courts to the NGT)
India -- Biju V.G. vs. Thalassery Municipality and others
India -- C.S. Prakash and Others v. HUDA W.P. 5319/2001(2001.06.21)(Illegal Structures)
India -- Central Information Commission, Response to RTI request (23 Oct 2008)
India -- Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshna Samithy "Chithanya" v. State of Kerala, OP 3581/2001 (2001.10.17)
India -- Church of God (Full Gospel) In India v. K.K.R. Majestic Colony Welfare Association (2000.08.30)(Noise Regulations for Religous Groups)
India -- Common Cause and others v. Union of India and others (2011.10.15) (Supreme Court of India) (Original Petition seeking review of nuclear energy policy)
India -- Consumer Action Group v. State of Tamil Nadu and others, WP.17646 of 2006, High Court of Judicature at Madras, 23 August 2006
India -- D.D. Vyas v. Ghaziabad Development Authority (Adu Park)
India -- Deepak Kumar and others v. State of Haryana and Others, I.A. Nos. 12-13/2011 in SLP (C) 19628-19629/2009 (2012.02.27) (Supreme Court of India) (Order) (Environmental Clearance required for mining leases under five hectares)
India -- Dejo Kappan v. Corporation of Kerala (2007.01.22) (Brahamapuram waste disposal plant)
India -- Dow Chemical International Pvt Ltd. v. Jayaraman (High Court of Madras) (2009.07.09) (doc and pdf)
India -- Down Mangor Valley Residents v. Mormugao Municipal Council W.P. 251 of 2001(2001.01.08) (Open Spaces in Planned Developments)
India -- Dr. A.K. Sabhapathy v. Corporation of Cochin (2004.11.3) (medical waste)
India -- Dr. C. Kulsum Reddy v. State of A.P. W.P. 25011/1998(2002.01.25)(Modifications to Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act)
India -- Dr. M.V. Nayudu v. Govt of A.P. W.P. 17940/2001 (2002.23.01)(Urban Development Laws)
India -- Durga Ram Sharma v. Union of India and others, Appeal 6/2011, NEAA 43/2009 (2011) (National Green Tribunal) (Additional Submission on Behalf of Appellant)
India -- Durga Ram Sharma v. Union of India and others, Appeal 6/2011, NEAA 43/2009 (2011.07) (National Green Tribunal) (Interim order)
India -- Enkay Plastics Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India (2000.11.16)(Dismissal of Corporate Formaldehyde Case)
India -- F.K. Hussain v. Union of India, O.P. 2741/1988 (1990.02.26)(Right to Potable Water as part of a Right to Life)
India -- Fomento Resorts and Hotels Ltd. and another versus Minguel Martins and others, Civil Appeal Nos.4155 and 4156 of 2000 (dd. 2009.01.20)
India -- Forum, Prevention of Environmental and Sound Pollution v. Union of India & Anv., No. 21851/03 (2005.7.18) (noise pollution)
India -- Geetha v Union of India and others, WP 30801/2007 (Original Petition)
India -- Geetha v Union of India and others, WP 30801/2007(Final written note) (2009.11.18)
India -- Goa Env. Federation v. State of Goa W.P. 212/2000 (2002.09.24)(Fishing Ban During Peak Mating Season)
India -- Goa Foundation and another v. Fomento Resorts and Hotels Ltd. and other, Civil Appeal 6074/2000 (dd. 2009.1.20)
India -- Goa Foundation v. Union of India W.P. No. 221/1997 (Konkan Railway)
India -- Gokul Das v. Geologist and Others, WP 9015/ 2007 (2009.07.24) (Kerala High Court) (Sand mining)
India -- Gomantek Shetakari Sangha and another v. Union of India and others (Appeal No. 30/2009 NEAA) (Revocation of clearance for iron mining project in Goa)
India -- Harikuttan et al. v. District Collector and Others, WP 20787/2008 (30/9/2008) 2008 (4) KHC 362
India -- High court order on Shukla committee report, CWPIL 24/2009 (2010.08.09) (High Court of Himachal Pradesh)
India -- Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Ltd v. Perumatty Grama Panchayat (2004.05.11) (Interim Groundwater Report)
India -- ICELA v. Union of India, WP 664/1993 (1994.12.12) (Coastal Zone Case)
India -- ICELA v. Union of India, WP 967/1989 (1996.02.13) (Bichhri Industrial Pollution Case)
India -- In Defence of Environment and Animals v. Chief Conservator of Forests, WP 10098/2008 (2011.04.07) (High Court of Madras) (Protection of Elephant Corridors)
India -- IN RE. Versus Construction Of Park At Noida Near Okhla Bird Sanctuary Anand Arya & Others, I.A. NOS.2609-2610 OF 2009 IN WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.202 OF 1995 (Supreme Court of India) (2010.12.03)
India -- Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India and others, WP 967/1989 (2011.07.18) (Supreme Court of India) (Judgment) (Bicchri groundwater contamination case)
India -- Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India, 1996 AIR 1446 (polluter pays principle; industrial pollution in Bichhri)
India -- Indian Council for Enviro-Legal Action v. Union of India, WP 664/1993 (1996.04.18) (Coastal Zone Case)
India -- Institute of Social Welfare v. State of Kerala, Reported in 2006 (2) KLT 871 (2006)
India -- Jagpal Singh & Others Versus State of Punjab & Others, Civil Appeal 1132/2011 (2011.01.28) (Supreme Court of India) (Public Trust Doctrine) (Judgment requiring eviction of encroachers of a village pond)
India -- K. Purushotham Reddy v. Union of India W.P. 29629.1998 (2001.06.20)
India -- K.M. Chinnappa v. Union of India W.P. 202/1995(2002.10.30)(Mining in Forest Land)
India -- Kanyakumari District Planters Association v. Tamil Nadu W.P. 7275/1985 (2002.04.05)(Rubber Plantations)
India -- Karanam Radha Krishnaiah v. Mandal Executive Magistrate W.P. 19785/2000(2001.12.3)(Illegal Aquaculture on Agricultural Lands)
India -- Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board v. C.Kenchappa and others (2006)
India -- Kerala State Pollution Control Board order re: M/s. Phillips Carbon Black Ltd..
India -- Krishi Vigyan Arogya Sanstha & ors v. The Ministry of Environment & Forests & ors, Appeal 7/2011 (2011.09.20) (National Green Tribunal) (Koradi Thermal Power Project, need for a radiological impact assessment and national standards)
India -- Krishnadevi Malchand Kamathia & Others Versus Bombay Environmental Action Group & Others, IA 23/2010 in CA 4421/2010 (2011.01.31) (Supreme Court of India) (Judgment in Contempt Petition for Enforcement of Coastal Regulation Zone Notification)
India -- L. Krishnan v. State of Tamil Nadu, W.P.No.20186 of 2000 (27/06/2005) (Encroachments on Odai Poromboke natural water storage)
India -- Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India and others CWP No.6802 of 2010 (2011.08.12) (High Court of Himachal Pradesh) (judgment setting aside enviromental clearance)
India -- M. Veerateswaran v. The Deputy Collector W.P. No. 46138.2002 (2003.03.18) (noise pollution from private temple)
India -- M. Velu v. State of Tamil Nadu and others (2010.03.19) (Mandatory EIA for industrial projects involving land acquisition)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (1996.12.13) (Beas River Case --public trust doctrine)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (2000.05.12) (Beas River Case) (unofficial Spanish translation )
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (2000.05.12) (Beas River Case: )
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath, WP 182/1996 (2002.03.15) (Beas River Case: Imposition of Exemplary Damages)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Groundwater Case)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India W.P. 13381/1985 (2003.02.20)(Herritage Site Protection)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 12739/1985 (1986.02.17) (Oleum Gas Leak Case)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 12739/1985 (1986.12.20) (Oleum Gas Leak Case)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1990.11.14) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Seriousness of Issue
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1991.03.14) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Need for Strategic Action)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1994.10. 21) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Lead Phase Out all Vehicles
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1996. 04.26) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Government vehicles)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1996.02.14) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Lead phase-out, catalytic converters)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1998.09.22) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Ban on older commercial/transport vehicles)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (1999.04.16) (Vehicular Pollution Case: Diesel Emissions)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (2001.03.26) (Vehicle Pollution Case: Buses Must Use Natural Gas)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13029/1985 (2002.04.05) (Vehicular Pollution Case: Enforcement of Bus Natural Gas Regulations)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13381/1984 (1996.12.30) (Taj Trapezium Case)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 13381/1984 (2003.02.20) (Taj Trapezium Case)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 182/1996 (2000.05.12) (Beas River Case)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 3727/1985 (1987.09.22) (Tanneries Case: Kanpur)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 3727/1985 (1988.01.12) (Tanneries Case: Kanpur)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 3727/1985 (1996.12.19) (Tanneries Case: Calcutta)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (1992.05.15) (Delhi Land Use Case: Stone Crushers)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (1996.05.10) (Delhi Land Use Case: Hazardous industries)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (1996.07.08) (Delhi Land Use Case: Hazardous industries)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (1996.10.11) (Delhi Land Use Case: Badkhal Lake and Surajkund)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (1996.12.4) (Delhi Land Use Case: Hazardous industries, compenstation for laid-off workers)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (1999.07.22)(Delhi Land Use Case: Hot Mix Plants)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (2000.08.29) (Delhi Land Use Case: Brick kilns)
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 4677/1985 (2001.01.03) (Delhi Land Use Case: Post Industrial Land Management )
India -- M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, WP 860/1991 (1991.11.22) (Environmental Education Case)
India -- M.K. Janardhanam v. The District Collector W.P. 985/2000 (2002.07.26)(Illegal Sand Mining)
India -- M.V.P. Social Workers Association v. V.U.D.A. and Others W.P. 26085/2001(2002.01.23)
India -- Macleods Pharmaceuticals Limited and another v. Union of India and another, WPs 21933 & 25442 of 2011 (2012.04.26) (High Court of Madras) (Judgment) (Application of the Precautionary Principle)
India -- Mandapaka Narsinga Rao v Union of India and others, appeal 16/2009 (2010.08.30) (National Environment Appellate Authority) (Order approving Bhavanapadu coal-fired power plant)
India -- Ministry of the Environment and Forests (2011.09.08) (Order revoking environmental clearance for the Pirna Iron Ore Mine because of deliberate concealment of data)
India -- Mrs. V. N. Reddy v. Salt Commissioner Govt. W.P. 10878/2000 (2001.09.07)(Madras Salt Factory)
India -- Murli S. Deora v. Union of India, WP 316/1999 (2001.11.02) (Public smoking case)
India -- Mystery Gas Spreads Panic v. Director A.P. Pollucion Control Board W.P. 30006/1998(2001.11.07)(Union Carbide Gas Leak)
India -- National Trust for Clean Environment v. Union of India and others, (2010.09.28) (High Court of Madras) (Order closing Sterlite’s copper smelting plant in Tuticorin)
India -- Niyamakendram v. The Corporation of Cochin, W.A.174/1997 (1999.9.29) (Plastic bags case)
India -- Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985.07.10) (Right to Life and Livelihood for Homeless)
India -- Orissa State v. M/s Orient Paper Mills (2003.03.10)
India -- Paristhithi Samrakshna Samithi v. State of Kerala, WP(C) 3128/2009 (dd. 2009.03.30)
India -- Perumatty Grama Panchayat vs State of Kerala (2003.12.16) (Coca-Cola groundwater exploitation case)
India -- Perumatty Grama Panchayat vs State of Kerala (2003.12.16) (Coca-Cola groundwater exploitation case)
India -- Petro Chemicals v. Union of India W.P. 4082/2001 (2001.12.20)(Used Oil Case)
India -- Pirna Naroda Nagrik Kruti Samiti and another v. Ministry of Environment and Forests and others (NEAA Appeal No. 38/2009) (2010.05.10)
India -- Pirna Naroda Nagrik Kruti Samiti and another v. Union and India and ors, Appeal 38/2008 (National Environment Appellate Authority) (2010.09.21) (Submission on behalf of the appellant)
India -- Prafulla Santara v. Ministry of Environment and Forests et al. Appeal No. 18/2009 (2010.09.15) (National Environment Appellate Authority) (Order suspending grant of clearance for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri Hills)
India -- Pragati Mahila Mandal, Nanded Versus Municipal Council, Nanded & Others, CA 2619/2002 (2011.02.18) (Supreme Court of India) (Replacement of sole named deceased petitioner in a PIL)
India -- Pratap Singh Thakur v. Ministry of the Environment and Forests and others, Appeal No. 34 of 2009 (2010.08.30) (National Environmental Appellate Authority) (Order) (Overturning Environmental Clearance for proposed cement plant and limestone mine)
India -- Rajendra Singh & Ors v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors., WP(C) 7506/2007 (judgment and directions of Justice A.K. Sikri, decided 2008.11.03)
India -- Rajendra Singh & Ors v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors., WP(C) 7506/2007 (judgment and directions of Justice Rekha Sharma, decided 2008.11.03)
India -- Rajendra Singh & Ors v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Ors., WP(C) 7506/2007 (original petition)
India -- Rajesh Rangarajan v. M/S. Crop Care Fed. of India and Anr, Criminal Appeal No. 1305 of 2010 (2010.07.20) (Supreme Court of India) (Order) (setting aside judgment in defamation case related to a study on pesticides)
India -- Rambhau Patil v. Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation WP. 348/2000 (2000.10.09)(Worli-Bandra Sea Link Project)
India -- Ramji Patel v. Nagrik Uobhokta Darshak Manch (2000.02.17)(Removal of Dairies in Jabalput City)
India -- Ramji Patel v. Nagrik Upbhokta Marg Darshak Manch (2000.02.17)
India -- Report of the Committee Constituted by the Govt of India to Examine Issues Relating to Ex-HLL Workers (9 November 2011)
India -- Research Foundation v. Union of India & Others, WP 657/1995 (2003.10.14) (Hazardous Wastes)
India -- Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resources Policy v. Union of India and Another, WP 657/1995 (2005.01.05)
India -- Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra v. State of U.P., WP 8209 & 8821 of 1983 (1985.03.12) (Dehradun quarries case)
India -- S Nandakumar v. Tamil Nadu Department of Environment and Forests and others (Madras High Court) (2010.04.22) (Public hearings and public participation)
India -- S. Jagannath v. Union of India, WP 561/1994 (1996.12.11) (Aquaculture case)
India -- Santosh Mittal v. State of Rajasthan and others (2004.10.20) (Soft drink pesticide labeling case)
India -- Sarapu Chinna Potharaju Dora v. District Collector W.P. 8476/2001(2001.2.12)(Reservoir Construction)
India -- Shankar Jog v Union of India and another, PILWP 6/2011(2011.08.12) (High Court of Bombay at Goa) (Judgment) (length of validity of Environmental Clearances)
India -- Shantistar Builders vs Narayan Khimalal Totame, Appeal No. 2598/1989 (1990.01.31)
India -- Showcause Notice under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 for Athirapally Hydroelectric Project (183 MW) in Kerala
India -- Smoke Affected Residents v. Municipal Corporation W.P. 1762/1999 (2002.04.10) (Vehicular Pollution: Phase out of all non- CNG/LPG Vehicles)
India -- Smt. C. Uma Devi v. Government of A.P. W.P.4598/2000(20001.06.21)(Dumping in Public Park)
India -- Soman vs Geologist [2004 (3) KLT 577] (Restrictions on sand/clay mining)
India -- Sri Sai Nagar Residents Welfare Association v. Tamil Nadu Environment and Forest Department et al., WP 18888/1997 and 13105/2008 (Third Report Submitted by the Committee of Experts) (2009.07.08).
India -- State of Tamil Nadu v. State of Karnataka (1991.04.26)(Cauvery Water Disputes)
India -- State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal & Others (Supreme Court of India) (2010.01.18) (Public Interest Litigations)
India -- State of Uttaranchal v. Balwant Singh Chaufal & Others, Supreme Court of India (2010.01.18)
India -- Sterlite Industries v. Union of India, Civil Appeal Nos. 2776-2783 of 2013 (Arising out of SLP (C) Nos. 28116-28123 of 2010) (Supreme Court of India) (2013/04/02) (judgment) (copper smelter, toxic gas leak, closure order)
India -- Subhash Kumar v State of Bihar, WP 381/1988 (1991.01.09) (Right to a healthy environment)
India -- Subhash Kumar v State of Bihar, WP 381/1988 (1991.01.09) (Right to a healthy environment) (unofficial spanish translation)
India -- Sujatha vs A.Prema and others (2005.06.20)
India -- T. Antony v. Union of India and others, WP __/2011 (2011.01.17) (High Court of Kerala) (Original Petition) (Challenge to the CRZ Notification of 2010)
India -- T. Mohana Rao S/O Late Seetharan v. Ministry of the Environment and Forests and others (Order of the NEAA quashing the grant of Environmental Clearance to the NCC for the proposed coal-fired power plant in Sompeta) (2010.07.14)
India -- T. Mohana Rao v. MoEF and others, Appeal 23/2011 (National Green Tribunal) (Judgment) (Suspending license for NCC's propsed coal-fired power plant in Sompeta)
India -- T. Murugandam And Others vs Moef And Others, APPEAL No. 17 OF 2011, National Green Tribunal (23 May, 2012)
India -- T. Murugandam et al. v. MoEF et al., Appeal 17/2011 (T) (2012.05.23) (National Green Tribunal) (Judgment) (Suspending License for 3600MW IL&FS power plant in Cuddalore, requiring cumulative impact assessment)
India -- T. Ramakrishna Rao v. Hyderabad Urban Development W.P. 36929/1998(2001.20.7.)(
India -- T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Through the Amicus Curiae v. Ashok Khot & Another, Contempt Petition (Civil) 83/2005 (2006.05.10)
India -- T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Versus Union of India, WP 202/1995 (2005.09.26) (Valuation of forests)
India -- T.N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Versus Union of India, WP 202/1995 (2005.09.26) (Valuation of forests)
India -- The Sarpanch et al. v. The Ministry of Environment and Forests, et al. Appeal 3/2011 (2011.09.12) (National Green Tribunal) (Accountability of EIA consultants)
India -- Thilakan v. Circle Inspector of Police, Cherpu Police Station and Others W. P. (C) No. 24627/2007(F) (2007.10.23)
India -- Thiruvamkulam Nature Lovers Movement v. Plantation Corporation of Kerala (2002.08.12) (banning aerial spray of endosulfan)
India -- Tirupur Dyeing Factory Owners Association v. Noyyal River Ayacutdars Protection Association, CA 6777/2009 (Supreme Court of India, 2009.10.06) (Polluter Pays Principle)
India -- U.P. Pollution Control Board v. M/S Mohan Meakins Ltd. (2000.03.27)
India -- Union of India v. Vimal Bhai and others, Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No(s).12065/2009 (2011.05.12) (Supreme Court of India) (Order with directions for the functioning of the National Green Tribunal)
India -- V. Srinivisan v. Union of India and others, Appeal 18/2011(T) (2012.01.19) (National Green Tribunal) (Appellants written submissions) (False information in an EIA)
India -- V. Srinivisan v. Union of India and others, Appeal 18/2011(T) (2012.02.24) (National Green Tribunal) (Final Order) (False information in an EIA)
India -- Vedanta Alumium v. Union of India, WP(C) 19605/2010 (2011.07.19) (High Court of Orissa) (Judgment)
India -- Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum v. Union of India, WP 914/1991 (1996.04.26) (Tanneries Case: Tamil Nadu)
India -- Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum vs. Union of India, WP 914/1991 (1996.08.28) (Tamil Nadu Tanneries case)
India -- Vijay Mahadeo Daruwale & Others Versus Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Others WP 489/2004 (2005.07.20)
India -- Vimal Bhai & Others v. Ministry of Environment and Forests (Appeal No. 5/2011) (2011.12.14) (National Green Tribunal) (Hydroelectric dams in Uttarakhand)
India -- Vimal Bhai & others v. Union of India & others (2005.09.29)
India -- Vimal Bhai and others v. Ministry of Environment and Forests et al. Appeals No. 8, 9 and 10 of 2007 (2010.09.15) (National Environment Appellate Authority) (Order revoking grant of clearance for Kothli Bhel IB hydroelectic project)
India -- Vimal Bhai vs UOI, CM No. 15895/2005 in W.P. (C) 17682/2005 (dd 2009.02.11)
India -- Vishaka v. State Of Rajasthan (1997.08.13) (Sexual Harassment)
India -- Water Users Association v. The Gov of A.P. W.P. 20323/2000(2002.02.06)(Illegal Irrigation Tank)
India -- Wild Life Protection Society v. State of A.P. W.P. 20928/2000(2002.01.31)(Wildlife Protection)
India – Central Information Commission, decision no. CIC/SG/C/2011/001398/16936 (2012.01.18) (Access to information relating to Environmental Clearances)
India – Prafulla Samantray v. Union of India & ORS, Appeal 8/2011 (2012.03.30) (National Green Tribunal) (Order suspending environmental clearance for the POSCO project)
India: Qualified Medical Practitioners and Hospitals Association Vs. Union of India and others (2005.10.20)(Original petition)
India: Radhy Shyam Vs State of Uttar Pradesh, Civil Appeal 3261/2011 (2011.04.21) (Supreme Court of India) (Judgment in Land Acquisition Case)
India: Rajesh Rangarajan v. Crop Care Federation of India, Criminal App. No. 1305 of 2010 (2010.20.7) (SLAPP suit quashed)
Mauritius: Entresol Louis Cyrano & ORS v Saltlake Resorts Ltd, 2004 SCJ 305 (no bond required for litigants of limited means)
Nepal -- Advocate Prakash Mani Sharma and others vs Nepal Drinking Water Corporation and others, WP 2237/1990 (10 July 2001) (Right to Drinking Water case)
Nepal -- Advocate Prakash Mani Sharma for Pro Public vs His Majesty Government Cabinet Secretariat and others, WP 2991/1995 (1997.06.09)
Nepal -- Prakash Mani Sharma v. His Majesty’s Government Cabinet Secretariat and Others, WP 2237/1990 (2003.3.11)
Nepal -- Prakash Mani Sharma, and others. v. Cabinet Secretariat, H.M.G, Singh Durbar, and others, writ 3027/2059 (2007.12.07) (Supreme Court of Nepal) (regulation of brick kilns in the Kathmandu valley)
Nepal -- Raju Prasad Chapagain and others v. Government of Nepal, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, writ 2959/2062 (2009.10.21 ) (Supreme Court of Nepal) (abandoned pesticides in Amlekhgunj)
Nepal -- Suray Prasad Sharma Dhungel v. Godavari Marble Industries and others, WP 35/1992 (1995.10.31)
Pakistan -- Anjun Irfan v Lahore Development Authority (WP 25084/1997, dd 2002.06.14) (Lahore air pollution case)
Pakistan -- Dr. Amjad H. Bokhari vs. Federation of Pakistan, (Constitutional Petition 45/2003), Amicus Curiae by Dr. Parvez Hassan
Pakistan -- Indus Development Organization v. The Department of Forests & Wildlife (Constitution Petition Under Article 199 - Prevention of Deforestation) (2010.05.29)
Pakistan -- Qazi Ali Athar v. Ministry of Health and others, Constitution Petition No. D-363 of 2008 before the Sindh High Court (2008.02.04) (Original Petition)
Pakistan -- Qazi Ali Athar v. Ministry of Health and others, Constitution Petition No. D-363 of 2008 before the Sindh High Court (2010.12.22) (Order of the Court)
Pakistan -- Qazi Ali Athar v. Ministry of Health and others, Constitution Petition No. D-363 of 2008 before the Sindh High Court (2011.06.04) (Summary of Review Petition)
Pakistan -- Summary of Review Petition under Section 114 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 Against order dated 22.12.2010 Passed by this Hon'ble Court in Constitution Petition No. D-1666 of 2010
Pakistan -- Zia v. WAPDA, P L D 1994 Supreme Court 693
Philppines -- Metropolitan Manila Development Authority et al v. CONCERNED Residents Of Manila Bay et al, Supreme Court of the Philippines (en banc) (December 18, 2008)
S. Nandakumar v. Tamil Nadu Dept. of Environment & Forests and others (writ affidavit June 2009)
Sri Lanka -- Bulankulama v. Min. of Industrial Development (Eppawala case), S.C. Application No. 884/99 (F/R)
Sri Lanka -- Environmental Foundation Limited v. The Attorney-General, S. C. Application No. 128/91; (1992.12.10) (Supreme Court of Sri Lanka) (Quarry Blasting Settlement Agreement)
Sri Lanka -- Environmental Foundation Limited vs. Ratnasiri Wickramanayake, C.A. App. No. 137/96
Sri Lanka -- Weerasekera et al. v. Keangnam Enterprises Ltd., CA (PCH).Apn No. 40/2004 (dd. 2009.06.08)
Utkarsh Mandal v. Union of India, WP 9340/2009, High Court of Delhi (2009.11.26)
EIAs
Bangladesh -- EIA, Khulna City Interim Water Supply project under Crash Programme (August 2009)
Bangladesh -- the Environmental Management Plan (EMP) prepared by S.K. Ship Breaker
India -- Brahmaputra River Seismic Survey (August 2006)
India -- Captive Minor Port at Jatadharmoham in Orissa (January 2006)
India -- Cement Clinker Grinding Unit at Kodugallore, Kerala (July 2002)
India -- Coal Fired Power Plant in Thiyagavalli and Kudikadu (June 2007)
India -- Hazardous Waste TSDF at Ernakulam Kerala (March 2005)
India -- Hazardous Waste TSDF at Kochi Kerala (February 2005)
India -- Jan Chetna and Another vs MoEF and Others, Appeal 22/2011(T) (2012.02.09) (National Green Tribunal) (Judgment – lack of public participation in the EIA process)
India -- Kalpakkam 500 MWe Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor
India -- Kotli - Bhel II Hydroelectric Dam (January 2008)
India -- Kotli Bhel IB Hydroelectric Dam (April 2007)
India -- Lambapor - Peddagattu Uranium Mining Project (March 2003)
India -- Pondicherry Deep Water Port (February 2006)
India -- Proposed 1000 MW Coal Power Plant in Cuttack, Orissa (February 2008)
India -- Proposed Dibang 3000MV HydroDam (April 2007)
India -- Sethusamudram Ship Canal (May 2004)
India -- Syngenta Agro Chemicals Goa (June 2008)
India -- Tagros Chemicals Expansion (October 2002)
India -- Uranium Mining Lambapor -- Peddagattu (March 2003)
India -- Utkal Alumina Bauxite Mining Expansion in Orissa (January 2006)
India -- Vendanta Aluminium Smelter Jharsuguda, Orissa (March 2005)
India -- Water Front Development Plan in Kutch district (August 2008)
Pakistan -- D.G.Khan Cement Plant in Chakwal (May 2004)
General Publications
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (December 2009) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Asbestos based Industries
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (February 2010) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Mining of Minerals
India -- Common Effluent Treatment Plants: An Institutional Arrangement for Pollution Control in Small-Scale Tanneries in India
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 1, June 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 10, March 2005
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 11, April 2005
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 2, July 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 3, August 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 4, September 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 5, October 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 6, November 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 7, December 2004
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 8, January 2005
India -- Forestry Case Update, Issue 9, February 2005
India -- How Green Will be the Green Tribunal? (By The Access Initiative)
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (February 2010) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Highways
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (February 2010) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Mineral Beneficiation
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (March 2010) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Nuclear Power Plants, Fuel Reprocessing Plants and Nuclear Waste Management Plants
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (September 2009) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Common Effluent Treatment Plants
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (September 2009) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Oil & Gas Exploration and Development
India -- Ministry of Environment & Forests (September 2009) Environmental Impact Assessment Guidance Manual for Ports & Harbors
India -- Motor Vehicle Inspection in the National Capital Region of India (1.3 MB)
India -- New Litigation policy announced by the Government of India (July 2010)
India -- Report of the Committee on Identifying Parameters for Designating Ecologically Sensitive Areas in India
India -- State of Goa Draft Mineral Policy
Nepal -- The Value of Phulchowki Mountain, by Carol Inskipp, Director of Grandala Ltd.
Nepal: Efficiency of Guheshwary Wastewater Treatment Plant and Compliance Monitoring of Wool Dying and Processing Industries in Kathmandu (7.1 MB)
Pollution Prevention Strategy at an H-Acid Manufacturing Unit
Red lines for REDD
Sri Lanka -- CKDu and Arsenic
Sri Lanka -- Public Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation in Sri Lanka (2009)
Laws
Georgia -- The Law of Georgia on Environmental Protection (English)
India -- Ban on manufacture and sale of Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola in Kerala
India -- Central Motor Vehicles (3rd Amendment) Rules 2000
India -- Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010
India -- Coastal Regulation Zone draft Notification Discussion Paper, April 2010
India -- Coastal Regulation Zone draft Notification, April 2010
India -- Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, January 2011
India -- Constitution of India (selected provisions)
India -- Decision on Commercialisation of Bt-Brinjal, Ministry of Environment and Forests (9 February 2010)
India -- Draft Coastal Regulation Zone Notification of 2010
India -- Draft new EIA notification, 2005
India -- Draft Rules Under the Biodiversity Act.(2002)
India -- Environment Impact Assessment Notification (2006 Amendments)
India -- Guidelines for Mineral Stackyards and Railway Sidings, State of Orissa
India -- Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Amendment Rules, 2003
India -- Kerala Ground Water (Control and Regulation), Act, 2002
India -- Municipal Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1999
India -- Municipal Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules, 1999
India -- National Green Tribunal Act 2010
India -- Re-cycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999
India -- Rules for the Manufacture, Use, Import, Export and Storage of Hazardous micro-organisms/Genetically engineered organisms or cells
India -- The Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill 2011 (draft for discussion)
India -- The Scheduled Tribes & Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2005 [DRAFT]
India -- The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (selected sections)
India -- water quality standards, Tables 1.1 - 1.5 of Environment (Protection) Rules
India -- Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2010
India – Coastal Zone Regulation Notification (As amended on 21st May, 2002)
India – Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986
India – Memorandum of the Ministry of Environment and Forests re: Ownership of EIA report and other documents by the project proponent (2011.10.05)
Nepal -- Constitution of Nepal (selected provisions)
Nepal -- Environment Protection Act, 1997
Pakistan -- Hospital Waste Management Rules, 2005
Pakistan -- Revised National Environmental Quality Standards (NEQS)
Sri Lanka -- Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Act (1996)
Sri Lanka -- Marine Pollution Prevention Act
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Air Emission, Fuel and Vehicle Importation Standards) Regulation of 2003
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Air, Fuel and Vehicle Importation Standards) Regulation of 2003
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Ambient Air Quality) Regulation Amendment of 2008
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Ambient Air Quality) Regulations, 1994
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Amendment) Act, No. 53 of 2000
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Amendment) Act, No. 56 of 1988
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Noise Control) Regulations,1996
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Procedure for approval of projects) Regulation of 1993
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental (Protection and Quality) Regulations of 2008
Sri Lanka -- National Environmental Act No. 47 of 1980
Sri Lanka -- Regulation for Prohibition of manufacture of polythene or any product of 20 micron or below thickness, 2006
Sri Lanka -- Regulation for Prohibition of use of Equipment for exploration, mining and extraction of Sand & Gem, 1993
Other Resources
ASEAN Charter
Bangladesh -- National Adaptation Programme of Action (UNFCCC document)
Forum, Prevention of Envn. & Sound Pollution v. Union of India, CA 3735/2005 (2005.10.28)
India -- Changes Proposed in the Draft EIA Notification of 19 Jan 2009 - a side-by-side comparison
India -- Evaluation of the Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment study for the Proposed Athirappilly Hydroelectric Project
India -- Evaluation of the EIA for the Proposed PVC Project at Krishnapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
India -- Evaluation of the EIA report for the proposed Dibang dam
India -- Evaluation of the Environmental Impact Assessment for the Proposed Aluminium Smelter (2,50,000 TPA) Near Jharsuguda, Orissa
India -- Industry specific effluent and emission standards for the Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Dye & Dye Intermediate Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Fermentation Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Fertilizer Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Integrated Iron and Steel Plant Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Man-Made Fiber Industry under the Environmental Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Pesticide Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Petro-Chemical Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Slaughter House, Meat, and Seafood Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Small Pulp and Paper Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Sugar Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Industry specific effluent standards for the Tannery Industry under the Environment Protection Rules
India -- Majority Report of the Committee Constituted to Investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa
India -- National Action Plan on Climate Change (2008)
India -- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture on GMO (7 August, 2012)
India -- Regulator`s comments on draft EIA regulations
India -- Request for Inspection of India Coal Sector Environmental and Social Mitigation Project (CSESMP)
India -- Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project and the unconsidered high risk factors: Can it withstand them? (592 KB)
India -- The Organic Farming Association of India: Objections to introduction of Genetically Modified Bt Brinjal in Indian agriculture (31 December 2009)
Legal Research: ELAW's Court Websites Database
Nepal -- Advocating and Enforcing Air Quality Standards in Nepal
Nepal -- Compliance Monitoring of Industry in Nepal (435 kb)
Nepal -- Groundwater Depletion and its Impact on Environment in Kathmandu Valley
Nepal -- Obsolete Pesticides Stockpiles in Nepal and its Environmental Impact
Pakistan -- Environmental Rights as Part of Fundamental Human Rights: the Leadership of the Judiciary in Pakistan
Sri Lanka -- ADB Water Policy, and Privatisation - A case study in Sri Lanka
Related Links
India -- Himachal Pradesh Fisheries Act 1976
Asian Development Bank`s Accountability Mechanism
India -- Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Natural Resource Policy v. Union of India (WP 657/95), Report of the H
India -- Air Quality in Calcutta, India
India -- Constitution of India
India -- Decisions of the Supreme Court of India
India -- Legal information from India (site hosted by P.B. Sahasranaman)
India -- Goa Foundation (an environmental monitoring group in India)
India -- High Court of Kerala, India
India -- Indian Environmental Legislation
India -- Other India Bookstore Catalogue
Sri Lanka -- biodiversity legislation and policy (Sri Lanka Wildlife Heritage Trust)
Sri Lanka -- Conservation & Sustainable Use Of Medicinal Plants Project
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