High Court of Karnataka Decides Multiple Writ Petitions Challenging Forest Development Tax Notification. Notification dated 27.08.2008 Under Karnataka Forest Act and Forest (Conservation) Act Challenged as Ultra Vires.
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Adjudicates Writ Petitions Challenging Review of Forest Rights Grant Under Scheduled Tribes Act. Petitions Involve Denial of Hakku Patra and Compensation for Land Acquired for Irrigation Project.
22 Apr 2022The petitioner, belonging to a Scheduled Tribe, claimed ancestral occupation of RS No. 154 in Siddhanahalli Village, Belagavi, and sought allocation o...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition of Company Seeking Mandamus to Permit Construction of Captive Jetty and Cement Plant in Mangrove Area. Court holds that prior environmental clearances are mandatory and the petitioner cannot circumvent the directions in PIL No.87/2006.
5 Mar 2025The petitioner, Adani Cementation Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 and part of the Adani Group, filed a writ petition see...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Hears Consolidated Writ Petitions Challenging Forest Development Tax Notification Under Karnataka Forest Act. Petitioners Contended That the Levy on Mineral-Bearing Land Violated Article 246, Entry 54 of Union List, and Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
3 Dec 2015The High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru, heard a batch of writ petitions filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India by several minin...
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High Court
High Court of Karnataka Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Elephant Electrocution, Directs Comprehensive Measures for Wildlife Protection. The Court issued directions to prevent unnatural deaths of wild animals, emphasizing the State's duty to protect wildlife under Article 51A(g) of the Constitution and the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
26 Apr 2025The High Court of Karnataka at Bengaluru, presided by Chief Justice N.V. Anjaria and Justice M.I. Arun, delivered a judgment in a suo motu public inte...
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High Court
Karnataka High Court Upholds Reduction of Gomal Land for Super Speciality Hospital, Dismisses PIL. Deputy Commissioner Had Authority to Reduce Free Pasturage Extent Under Section 71 of Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 and Rule 97 of Karnataka Land Revenue Rules, 1966.
26 Jun 2018This case involved a public interest litigation filed before the Karnataka High Court by two residents of R.Thimmasandra Village, Kolar District, chal...
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High Court
Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition Challenging Delay in Issuance of Final Judgment Under Section 6 of Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975 — Directs Collector to Issue Judgment Without Requiring Prior Approval Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980. The court held that the Collector's insistence on prior approval under Section 2 of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 was erroneous as the lands had already vested under the state acquisition law, and the issuance of the final judgment was a ministerial act.
15 Mar 2022The petitioners, Sankalp Resorts Private Limited and Emerald Acres Private Limited, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking a direc...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Modifies High Powered Committee Recommendations in Chardham Highway Project Case to Balance Development and Environmental Protection. The court held that widening of highways in ecologically sensitive Himalayan region must be subject to strict environmental safeguards and monitoring.
14 Dec 2021The case concerns the Chardham Mahamarg Vikas Pariyojna, a project by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to widen approximately 900 km of nat...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Passes Interim Orders to Curb Illegal Mining in Odisha and Directs Central Empowered Committee to Identify Violating Lessees. Mining Operations Require Mandatory Clearances Under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; Non-Compliance Renders Operations Illegal and Subject to Immediate Intervention Under Article 32.
1 Aug 2026Two writ petitions were filed under Article 32 of the Constitution by Common Cause and by Prafulla Samantra and Anr. against the Union of India and ot...
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court Orders Central Empowered Committee to Identify Mining Leases Operating in Violation of Environmental and Forest Laws in Odisha. Court Finds Prima Facie Case of Illegal Mining and Directs Preparation of List of Defaulting Lessees for Interim Relief Under Article 32.
1 Aug 2026The writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution were filed by Common Cause and Prafulla Samantra, alleging rampant illegal mining in the Keonj...
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