-The Indian Express The UP government will challenge the NGT order on the grounds that the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act does not have a provision for deregistration of vehicles. New delhi: The Uttar Pradesh government is planning to move the Supreme Court against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order directing transport departments in the National Capital Region (NCR) to deregister and impound diesel vehicles older than 10 years. The UP government will challenge...
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Prashant Bhushan, founder of Swaraj Abhiyan, speaks to Vrinda Gopinath (thewire.in)
-TheWire.in Swaraj Abhiyan founder Prashant Bhushan discusses the Essar tapes and other scams, the role of whistleblowers and his fallout with Arvind Kejriwal. Celebrated lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan has just notched up another victory with the Supreme Court-appointed panel decreeing there was prima facie evidence that former CBI director Ranjit Sinha had attempted to influence the investigation into the coal block allocation scam under the then UPA government. The court’s observation was based...
More »Reservoir water levels rise above 10-year average with good monsoon rain
-The Economic Times NEW delhi: Water levels in 91 major reservoirs in India rose 20 per cent in the past week, boosted by good monsoon rains in most parts of the country. The water available in the reservoirs was 54.419 billion cubic metres as of Thursday, compared with 59.10 bcm at the same time last year. The levels were above the 10-year average of 52.050 bcm, according to data from the Central...
More »Rains take a break but sowing in full swing -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard The showers are expected to return over central and northern parts of India in the next few days, boosting kharif sowing which has already touched 70 million hectares New delhi: India’s southwest monsoon showed some signs of abating and the rains during the week ended July 20 was seven per cent less than normal, but there was no break in sowing as farmers rushed to take advantage of the available...
More »Bhopal Gas Tragedy: No private party can claim damages, Union Carbide tells SC -Utkarsh Anand
-The Indian Express The UCC has sought clarification of an order passed by the court in April 2011 whereby five victims’ groups were allowed to intervene in the matter. New delhi: Asserting that no private individual can lay a claim against it for damages, the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) has moved the Supreme Court against letting the victims’ organisations intervene in the curative petition that was filed by the central government...
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