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Singur Land Row: SC Issues Notice to Tata Motors

-PTI The Supreme Court today sought response of Tata Motors on a special leave petition filed by the West Bengal government challenging the quashing of the Singur Land Acquisition Act by the state high court. A bench of justices H L Dattu and C K Prasad, however, said that the Calcutta High Court's Interim Order which had stated that the state need not part with the land for two months to allow...

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What have you done to save tigers, court asks Centre-J Venkatesan

-The Hindu Interim ban on tourism activities in reserves will continue Even as it extended its Interim Order banning tourist activities in the core areas of tiger reserves, the Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Centre for inaction on protecting the tiger population. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar extended the ban when Wasim A. Qadri, counsel for the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under the Ministry of Environment...

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No interim stay on roadside meetings-J Venkatesan

-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Tuesday admitted an appeal from Kerala challenging a Kerala High Court judgment declaring unconstitutional certain provisions of a law enacted by the State to allow meetings on public roads and road margins. A Bench of Justices D.K. Jain and Madan B. Lokur issued notice to the respondents (who were petitioners in the High Court) and directed the hearing to be expedited. When senior counsel K.K. Venugopal,...

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Govt to move SC to protect rights of tribals-Chetan Chauhan

-The Hindustan Times The Ministry of Tribal Affairs will ask the Supreme Court to review its Interim Order on declaring core and buffer areas in 41 tiger reserves in India after reports of tribals and forest dwellers being harassed in the name of implementation of the court order.   Seven states have notified core and buffer areas in tiger reserves since the Supreme Court, in July, asked them to create the distinction and...

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India’s lake district fast drying up-Atul Sethi

-The Times of India Neeraj Banerjee and his family are regular visitors to Nainital. This June, too, the Delhi-based computer engineer made a trip to what he calls his family's favourite tourist spot, nestling in the Kumaon hills at almost 2,000m above sea level. However, Banerjee says all they talked about this time was water — the paucity of it. "With summers being particularly harsh this year, things looked like they...

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