Supreme Court is reviewing retrospective environmental clearances. This case questions India's commitment to sustainability. Allowing proje...

India is pushing for fair global fishing subsidy rules. Minister Piyush Goyal stated India's subsidies are very low. He urged the WTO to co...

The Supreme Court heard arguments on retrospective environmental clearances, with one lawyer arguing prior clearance is a vital safeguard, ...

The Supreme Court has reinforced the 'polluter pays' principle. It restores the authority of pollution control boards to charge entities fo...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of pollution control boards to levy damages for environmental harm, emphasizing prevention and...

Former Supreme Court judge Abhay S Oka says environmental issues impact human lives. He links environmental protection to social justice, c...

The Supreme Court upheld the National Green Tribunal's order, penalizing Agra Nagar Nigam ₹58.39 crore for polluting the Yamuna river with ...

The verdict, which was uploaded on Wednesday, said the polluter pays principle serves as a reminder that economic activities should not com...

Even though for such violation, on 'polluter pays' principle, deterrent compensation is liable to be paid having regard to the financial ca...

Highlighting recent disasters such as the flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, landslides in Uttarakhand and heat waves in Canada and the Unit...

A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted that slope of the muck dumped at its Tapovan Vishnugad hydro power projec...

Graphite India had received clearances to resume operations in its Bengaluru plant from December 2018 after the company paid Rs 50 lakh to ...

Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said the principle of polluter pays must be respected in view of climate change talks.

Applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday imposed an ‘environmental compensation’ on all households i...

Singh also backed the "polluter must pay" principle to deal with the issue of residual pollution that may be caused despite regulation.

The CAG has suggested the "polluter-pay" principle to deter dumping waste in the open, which causes health and environment hazards.

A complete ban on plastic bags in the national capital is impossible, a government panel has noted and suggested setting up of recycling un...