A 400-year-old English forest could be sacrificed for stone used in Britain's historic landmarksA woodland in southeast England faces quarrying for building stone. Kent County Council approved a plan to extract stone from Oaken Wood. L...
30 Jul, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
Rs 1 lakh crore risk: Oil Ministry plays cost card to defend E20Defending its policy, the government warned of the risk of stranding massive investments made in ethanol infrastructure over the past few y...
11 Jul, 2026, 11.45 AM IST
India’s fertiliser subsidy model is broken; direct income support is the only way forward: Ashok GulatiIndia’s fertiliser subsidy regime is facing scrutiny; rising global fertiliser and energy prices and rising fiscal pressures expose its ine...
15 Jun, 2026, 11.25 AM IST
SC upholds National Green Tribunal order that landlord cannot be liable for environmental violations committed by tenantThe Supreme Court has ruled that landlords are not responsible for environmental breaches by their tenants' chemical units. This decision u...
08 Jun, 2026, 03.45 PM IST
SC upholds NGT order that landlord cannot be liable for environmental violations committed by tenantThe Supreme Court has ruled that landlords are not responsible for environmental breaches by their tenants' chemical units. This decision u...
08 Jun, 2026, 11.54 AM IST
2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claimThe National Highways Authority of India has told the National Green Tribunal that it is not liable for compensation for agricultural land ...
22 May, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
Tata Steel arm faces $1.6 billion class action lawsuit in Dutch court over alleged health damageTata Steel's Dutch arm faces a $1.6 billion collective action lawsuit filed by a Dutch NGO over alleged environmental and health impacts ne...
26 Dec, 2025, 01.03 PM IST
The real cost of pollution? Polluters must foot the bill, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has reinforced the 'polluter pays' principle. It restores the authority of pollution control boards to charge entities fo...
17 Aug, 2025, 11.27 PM IST
NGT imposes Rs 3,500 crore fine on Bengal for mismanagement of solid, liquid waste"The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed Environmental Compensation of Rs 3500 crores on the state of West Bengal for allegedly not m...
03 Sep, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
NGT slaps penalty of Rs 20 cr on Dhampur Sugar Mills for violation of environmental lawsThe tribunal said one thing which has very clearly emerged is that all the four units were continuously violating the environmental laws an...
06 Sep, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
SC stays recovery of penalty on NTPC's Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in SingrauliA bench headed by Justice R F Nariman issued notices to the Centre, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments, Central Pollution Control...
09 Oct, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
NGT asks Numaligarh Refinery to pay Rs 25 lakh for environmental damageThe tribunal order asked the refinery to demolish the wall with barbed wire fencing which "comes in the way of elephant corridor."
24 Aug, 2016, 09.58 PM IST
NGT slaps Rs 100 crore damages on shipping firm for oil spillNGT passed verdict on a petition filed by Samir Mehta who had sought compensation for damages caused to marine ecology due to the oil spill.
23 Aug, 2016, 07.55 PM IST
Art of Living event 'completely destroyed' Yamuna floodplains: NGT expert committeeAOL had in a press statement alleged that the committee was biased. "We have filed an application to reconstitute the expert committee on t...
18 Aug, 2016, 03.01 AM IST
Art of Living damaged Yamuna flood plains, expert panel informs NGTAOL foundation had deposited Rs 4.75 crore "environment compensation" with Delhi Development Authority as directed by NGT for damaging Yamu...
10 Aug, 2016, 08.28 PM IST
- Bill in LS for for setting up of National Green Tribunal
A bill seeking to provide for setting up of a tribunal with powers of a civil court for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relatin...
01 Aug, 2009, 12.37 PM IST
- Ecuador ordered to pay $1.6 bn to Chevron
Ecuador has been ordered to pay US oil giant Chevron 1.6 billion dollars by an international court in a long-standing dispute over alleged ...
05 Dec, 2008, 02.48 AM IST