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Bombay High Court Reviews Preventive Detention Under COFEPOSA Act for Alleged Smuggling of Red Sanders. Questions Raised Over Violation of Right to Equal Representation and Proper Subjective Satisfaction.

The petition was filed by the wife of the detenu Ajit Bapu Satam, challenging his preventive detention under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and ...

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Bombay High Court at Goa Allows Postponement of Zilla Panchayat Elections Due to COVID-19 Pandemic - State Government and Election Commission Directed to Take Appropriate Decision in Public Interest

The petitioner, Kenneth Ian Stewart Silveira, filed a Public Interest Litigation before the Bombay High Court at Goa seeking postponement of the Zilla...

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High Court Directs Coastal Zone Authority to Decide on Mangrove Cutting for High-Speed Rail Project. Court Holds That Expert Bodies Must First Determine Larger Public Interest Before Permitting Destruction of Mangroves Under Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011.

The writ petition arose from a decision of the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) deferring permission for the National High Speed ...

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Supreme Court Reviews Its Own Judgment That Struck Down Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearance Notifications Under Environment (Protection) Act. Review Petition Seeks Recall Citing Overlooked Binding Precedents.

Background: The present matter is a review petition arising from the Supreme Court's judgment in Vanashakti v. Union of India, dated 16 May 2025, whic...

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Bombay High Court Quashes COFEPOSA Detention Order Due to Unexplained Delay. Preventive detention under Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 set aside as live nexus between smuggling activity and detention order snapped by 10-month delay.

The petitioner, Farida Imram Chamundi, wife of the detenu, challenged a preventive detention order passed under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange a...

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Supreme Court Upholds NGT Decision Quashing Ex Post Facto Environmental Clearances Under EIA Notification 1994. Circular dated 14 May 2002 Allowing Retrospective Clearances Held Invalid as Prior Environmental Clearance is Mandatory Under Section 3 of Environment Protection Act 1986.

The case involves appeals against the judgment of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 8 January 2016, which quashed a circular issued by the Union...

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Supreme Court Refers Metro Construction Proposal to Central Empowered Committee for Forest Land Scrutiny. DMRC's Application for Declaration of Non-Forest Areas Deferred Pending Examination Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Related Environmental Statutes.

The Supreme Court, in its original jurisdiction, considered multiple interlocutory applications (IAs) filed in the long-pending writ petition concerni...