GRAP-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR: Full list of restrictions, bans and permitted activitiesDelhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...
19 May, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
26 Apr, 2026, 02.21 PM IST
'Polluter pays' principle must not be reduced to 'pollute and pay', SC toldThe Supreme Court heard arguments on retrospective environmental clearances, with one lawyer arguing prior clearance is a vital safeguard, ...
25 Mar, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
Ecological rules are economic guard railsThe Supreme Court struck down a provision in the EIA Regulations 2020 that regularized environmental norm violations, addressing a long-sta...
16 Jun, 2025, 12.46 AM IST
NGT directs highway construction firm to pay Rs 55.47 crore for causing environmental damage"We find that since the activity of mining has been conducted by the project proponent (Rajendrasinh Bhamboo Infra) without taking prior en...
08 Mar, 2023, 07.10 PM IST
NGT slaps Noida-based realtor with Rs 113.25 crore fine, raps ED for delayed actionThe ED has "forgotten to take note" that the scope of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been widened and revenue earned by ...
08 Feb, 2023, 09.12 PM IST
NGT directs granite company in Haryana to pay Rs 3 crore interim compensation for violating green normsThe bench said the lease in favour of the project proponent (PP) or the company commenced in October 2017 and environmental clearance (EC) ...
15 Nov, 2022, 06.27 PM IST
NGT imposes Rs 10 crore fine on pharma company Teva APIThe tribunal said that violation in the matter of illegal extraction of groundwater is clearly established along the pollution of the drain.
09 Jul, 2021, 07.27 PM IST
Green ministry mulls Big Fines for violations of environmental normsThe Environment Protection Act of 1986 is the umbrella legislation for addressing all environmental issues in India. A fine only up to a la...
20 Oct, 2020, 09.03 AM IST
NGT directs UPPCB to recover Rs 1.90 crore form industrial unit in AmrohaA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel noted a report filed by a committee that the unit was granted permission for gr...
08 Aug, 2020, 02.47 PM IST
Environment Ministry planning to use real time violation alertsAiming to bring in better adherence to environmental pollution norms, the Prakash Javadekar-led Environment ministry now plans to use real ...
29 Mar, 2016, 09.41 AM IST
NGT tells CIL to deposit Rs 10 cr bank guarantee in green norm violation complaintState-owned miner Coal India has been directed to deposit a bank guarantee of Rs 10 crore by NGT which is hearing a case for environmental ...
19 Aug, 2015, 05.40 PM IST
Adani's Mundra project violates environmental norms: MoEF panelThere is incontrovertible evidence that Adani project - port and SEZ - at Mundra in Gujarat has violated environmental norms, said an Envir...
18 Apr, 2013, 06.03 PM IST
- 'Violation of green norms should attract stiff fine, even jail'
Jayanthi Natarajan today pitched for harsh penalty, even imprisonment, for violation of environmental guidelines by corporates.
21 Mar, 2012, 06.42 PM IST
- Adarsh society flouted CRZ, FSI norms: Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh says that if the society doesn’t act in the three months given to them, the ministry could ask the state govt to pull it down.
17 Jan, 2011, 12.44 PM IST
- Consider allowing partial work at Lavasa: HC to govt
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked the ministry of environment and forests to consider allowing a partial resumption of construction a...
17 Dec, 2010, 05.25 AM IST
- Show-cause notice to Vedanta over expanding refinery capacity
Environment Ministry now issues a show-cause notice to Vedanta to reply within a fortnight on allegedly expanding the capacity of its refin...
01 Sep, 2010, 08.56 PM IST