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The Judicial Ouroboros: The Vanashakti Reversal & Crisis of Environmental Finality in India
Much comment was made about the obvious conflicts between two verdicts of the Supreme Court of India –the Vanshakti judgements—between May and November 2025 and as India lives with the consequences, it is essential to situate the dispute within the broader evolution of environmental constitutionalism in India.
Crushing dissent: Did GOI block websites of three environmental groups?
The three websites were running campaigns against the Centre’s controversial draft EIA 2020
Amphan Relief Fund scam hits WB
Allegations galore with dead people listed as beneficiaries, discrepancies in beneficiary account numbers and misappropriation via transfer of relief funds to politically connected people
Three decades on, many Sardar Sarovar Dam affected persons still await rehabilitation
The third and final part of the series on the project is an overview of the shortcomings of the government in providing resettlement and rehabilitation to project affected persons
Vadodara’s industries continue to pollute river and groundwater with impunity
Even though environmentalists have video evidence to support their claim, the industries are allegedly given free rein to operate by the authorities
The environmental impact of the Sardar Sarovar Dam
In part two of a three-part series, we look at the widespread ecological damage upstream and downstream of the dam and the loss of flora and fauna
Publish Draft EIA in 22 Indian Languages, Delhi HC to Modi Sarkar
The Delhi High Court has directed the Modi government...
Environmentalist decries continuous pollution of Daman Ganga river by Vapi industries
Rohit Prajapati of Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti says discharging effluents in the river is a criminal offence
Assam floods: 14 lakh people in 25 out of 33 districts affected
CJP meets thousands of people struggling with rising water levels during its relief operations in the state
Gas leak at Vizag pharmaceutical company kills two, injures four
The incident took place at Sainor Life Sciences which allegedly hadn’t received permission to open in the red zone
National Green Tribunal slaps Rs. 25 crore fine on Oil India Limited for gas well blowout
The blowout and subsequent fire have severely damaged the ecology and rendered around 9,000 people to take shelter in relief camps
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