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Green activists and conservationists have hailed the Supreme Court order to stay the Kerala High Court verdict that allowed quarrying in a 200 metre radius of populated areas.
The Western Ghats range in Kanyakumari is being plundered to feed a port project in Kerala The work continues, despite a recent High Court order passed by the Madurai Bench to stop the quarrying
Kerala High Court. Raphy John vs The State Of Kerala on 11 November, 2021. IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.S.MANIKUMAR & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHAJI P.CHALY Thursday, the 11th day of November 2021 / 20th Karthika, …
The All Kerala River Protection Committee has joined as a party in a case in the Supreme Court of India between the State of Kerala, quarry owners from the state and the National Green Tribunal ...
The Kerala Minor Minerals Concession Rules (KMMC) 2015 were formulated on the basis of a Supreme Court judgment of 2012. Environmental clearance was made mandatory for every quarry under the rules.
By Express News Service. CHENNAI: As per the Supreme Court order and the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change guidelines, the state government has framed rules, allowing mining ...
Supreme Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by the Kerala High Court confirming an order passed by the Additional District Judge setting aside the appellant's election as Councilor of Gram Panchayat, the division bench of S. Abdul Nazeer and V. Ramasubramanian*, JJ. held that the District Court and the High Court were …
The Kerala High Court had held that NGT has suo motu jurisdiction; however it limited the operation of the NGT order to new quarries and allowed existing quarries to operate as per earlier ...
Several of these quarries have been functioning on roadsides causing accidents with splinters hitting school children. Even though such incidents have been repeating often they are buried under the clout of the mafia. The Supreme Court observation that quarries function even on roadsides in Kerala assume an added …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed the restrictions in the one-kilometer Eco-Sensitive Zone(ESZ) mandated near protected forests and wildlife sanctuaries. The apex court has removed all the restrictions including construction of permanent structures. The restriction on quarry mining and large constructions will …
The court then ordered that status quo should be maintained in the case of quarries with valid licences on the day of the NGT's order but who fall short of the new distance rule.
In November last year, the Supreme Court had held that the quarries in the state should be at least 200 metre away from residential areas agreeing with an earlier NGT order. Notably, the Kerala government had reduced the minimum distance for quarrying to 50 m in 2016, a move that claimed to boost the development works in the state.
The remarks came while considering the appeal of quarry owners challenging a Kerala High Court order. The Supreme Court directed the state government to file their statement as an affidavit.
The Supreme Court in an order dated 07.10. ... arising out of the order passed by the NGT on the basis of letter representation reducing the minimum distance rule for quarries in Kerala as 50 ...
The granite quarries in Kerala may have to wait longer for further licensing. Also the order of the Mining and Geology Directorate of Kerala dated November 29, 2021, to permit quarries if the ...
12 hrs ago. New Delhi: The Kerala government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it plans to bring amendments to the Kerala Government Land …
NEW DELHI: The Kerala government has filed a petition against the stay issued by the Supreme Court on the High Court order quashing the National Green Tribunal order regarding the minimum distance limit of quarries. In its petition, the government demanded that its order to fix the minimum distance for quarries at 50 …
How did the Supreme Court come into the picture? The builders managed to get an interim stay order from the Kerala High Court in 2007 and finished the construction before starting selling the flats.
He stated that on May 27, 2021, the NGT Southern Zone passed an order declaring as illegal the mining operations done by a granite quarry operator named M/s Cochin Granites. This NGT order was ...
KOCHI: Environmental clearance is mandatory for all quarrying operations in the state, the Kerala High Court held on Friday. By allowing quarrying without such clearance, state government acted ...
Supreme Court | Photo: PTI New Delhi: The Kerala government has filed an appeal against the Supreme Court order on the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) 200 metre rule for quarries.
4. This order will be subject to further orders, if any that would be passed by the Supreme Court of India on the clarification petition proposed to be moved by the Government of Kerala in the Supreme Court on the order dated 27/02/2012 in SLP (C) No. 19628/2009. 5. The G.O read as 1 paper above, is revised to this extent. By order of the …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government on Saturday approached the Supreme Court against the order passed by the National Green Tribunal requiring …
Environmental organisations have welcomed the recent Supreme Court order stating that every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco ...
It had also pulled up the Kerala government for not following Supreme Court 2012 order directing that a green clearance was must for mining projects. "The environment sub-committee of legislative assembly had flagged that there was no uniform data on quarries between the geology department, pollution control board and panchayats.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government on Saturday approached the Supreme Court against the order passed by the National Green Tribunal requiring quarries to function at a distance of at least 200 metres from human settlements. According to existing rules in the state, quarries can operate 50 m away from human settlements.
The Supreme Court on Friday sought the government's response to pleas to allow solemnisation of same- marriage under the Special Marriage Act.. The Special Marriage Act of 1954 provides a ...
The report noted that Kerala's stone quarries are spread over 7,157 hectares of the Western Ghats, especially in the Wayanad, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Idukki, and Kannur districts. ... Despite demands by green groups, the government did nothing to approach the Supreme Court to quash the high court order. Scene of a landslide at …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had issued a draft notification on the basis of Supreme Court order declaring the 10 km area surrounding national parks and wildlife conservation parks as eco-sensitive areas. According to the notification, the states can determine the distance based on the importance of forest area there.
Oct 08, 2021 03:49 AM IST. The Supreme Court said the National Green Tribunal does have suo moto powers and can take up environmental issues on its own. The order came even as the Union government ...
The Kerala High Court had held that NGT has suo motu jurisdiction; however it limited the operation of the order to new quarries and allowed existing quarries to operate as per earlier distance ...
NEW DELHI: The Kerala government has filed a petition against the stay issued by the Supreme Court on the High Court order quashing the National Green …
25 Apr 2017, 11:42 am. Despite the Supreme Court's ruling not to renew licence for quarries, which has not obtained environmental clearance, illegal quarrying has become rampant at Kudavattur in ...
Kerala assembly's panel on environmental affairs is suggesting a comprehensive mining policy which strictly adheres to guidelines issued by the NGT and the Supreme Court. In the place of …
This order was subject to further orders, if any that would be W.P(C) No.31148 of 2014 & connected cases -: 115 :-passed by the Supreme Court of India on the clarification petition proposed to be moved by the Government of Kerala in the Supreme Court on the order dated 27.2.2012 in SLP ) No:19628/2009. Government after having considered the ...
The explosions happen less than 45 metres away from the nearest residence, when the recent Supreme Court order maintains that there should be at least 200 metres between the quarry and the nearest ...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday relaxed the restrictions in the one-kilometer Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) mandated near protected forests and wildlife …
The Supreme Court was considering a petition filed by quarry owners against the order of the Kerala High Court that land assigned under the Land Assignment Rules (1964) for agriculture, housing and such other purposes should …