Court : Supreme Court of India
Reported in : AIR2004SC4016; 2005(5)ALLMR(SC)353; (2004)3CompLJ199(SC); JT2004(4)SC181; 2004(3)SCALE396; (2004)12SCC118
..... control of pollution) act, 1981, the water (prevention and control of pollution) act, 1974, forest (conservation) act, 1980. mere approval of the mining plan by government of india, ministry of mines would not absolve the lease holder from complying with the other provisions.53. rules 31 to 41 contained ..... of experts in the following disciplines :(i) eco-system management(ii) air/water pollution control(iii) water resource management(iv) flora/fauna conservation and management(v) land use planning(vi) social sciences/rehabilitation(vii) project appraisal(viii) ecology(ix) environmental health(x) subject area specialists ..... mine planning & design institute limited (cmpdi) on being asked by the central pollution control board to conduct a study of environmental problems of aravalli hills and preparation of action plan for restoration of environmental quality in gurgaon district, after extensive examination, has submitted to cpcb its final report in july 2003. cmpdi is a subsidiary of coal .....
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Reported in : AIR1997SC3297; JT1997(6)SC449; 1997(4)SCALE746; (1997)8SCC191; [1997]Supp2SCR305
..... by all socialist writers. socialism is, first of all, a protest against the material and cultural poverty inflicted by capitalism on the mass of the people. nationalisation of coal mine for distribution was upheld as a step towards socialism. in state of tamil nadu etc. etc. vs. l. abu kavur bai & ors. etc. [(1984) ..... of eco-friendly environment as a whole comprising of man-made and the natural environment. it is, therefore, the duty of every citizen and industry to conserve, and if it becomes inevitable to disturb its existence, it is concomitant duty to reforest and restore forestation; duty of the state to coordinate with ..... of the minister. in the exercise of their functions relating to land under any enactment, every minister and government department must have regard to the desirability of conserving the natural beauty and amenity of the countryside. ministerial responsibility. 69. as stated hereinbefore, the constitution envisions to establish an egalitarian social order rendering to .....
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Reported in : AIR1978SC68; (1977)4SCC608; [1978]2SCR1
..... the government had improperly profited by the transaction. the select parliamentary committee appointed to investigate these rumours represented the respective strengths of the liberal and, conservative parties. the majority report of the liberal members of the committee exonerated the members of the government concerned whereas a minority report by the ..... should be construed as to include the right to inquire into the abuse of governmental functions by a state government when no such intention could have been in the mines of the parliament.286. in state of jammu and kashmir v. bakshi ghulam mohammad [1966] supp. s.c.r. 401 the state government of jammu and ..... property situate in the state would remain unrestricted.' the court was considering an act passed by the parliament, the coal bearing areas (acquisition and development) act, 1957, enabling the union of india to acquire certain coal bearing areas in the state of west bengal. the state filed a suit contending that the act did not apply .....
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Reported in : AIR1980SC1789; (1980)3SCC625; [1981]1SCR206; 1980(12)LC727(SC)
..... constitution, it is the duty of the court to intervene. let it not be forgotten, that to this court as much as to other branches of government, is committed the conservation and further-mice of constitutional values. the court's task is to identify those values in the constitutional plan and to work them into life in the cases that reach ..... my lord the chief justice and the other three learned judges or if i was not inclined so to agree, then persuade them to change their view and agree with mine. that is the essence of judicial collectivism. it is, to my mind, essential that a judgment of a court should be the result of collective deliberation of the judges composing .....
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Reported in : AIR2005SC2677; (2005)4CompLJ283(SC); JT2005(2)SC8; (2005)4SCC649
..... special that the argument carries even less conviction than it is usually apt to do when invoked against some moderate advance in the common law.australia:132. in romeo v. conservation commission of the northern territory [(1998) 72 aljr 208, kirby j. noticed that in the arena of liability of public authority declaring the limits of the common law liability of .....
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Reported in : AIR1996SC2715; JT1996(7)SC375; 1995(5)SCALE592; (1996)5SCC647; [1996]Supp5SCR241
..... by the international law jurists.11. some of the salient principles of 'sustainable development', as culled-out from brundtland report and other international documents, are inter-generational equity, use and conservation of natural resources, environmental protection, the precautionary principle, polluter pays principle, obligation to assist and cooperate, eradication of poverty and financial assistance to the developing countries. we are, however, of ..... '. the commission was chaired by the then prime minister of norway ms. g.n. brundtland and as such the report is popularly known as 'brundtland report'. in 1991 the world conservation union, united nations environment programme and world wide fund for nature, jointly came out with a document called 'caring for the earth' which is a strategy for sustainable living. finally .....
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Reported in : AIR1982SC149; 1981Supp(1)SCC87; [1982]2SCR365
..... will be justified in upholding the plea of privilege.489. it is true that recent english decisions have made a slight departure from the consistent and somewhat conservative view taken by them in the earlier cases, but despite this change, the central theme and the contours and parameters within which the plea of privilege can ..... it is essential that each must have for its consideration full and identical facts, which can at once constitute both the source and foundation of the final derision.(emphasis mine).558. similarly, krishna iyer, j. speaking for himself and one of us (fazal ali, j.) described the consultative process thus:the consultation, in order to ..... limitation on the prerogative power of the governor conferred by the letters patent imposed by the constitutional practice of the colony. the privy council again in british coal corporation v. the king 1935 ac 500 after referring to its constitution under the act for the better administration of justice in his majesty's privy council .....
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Reported in : AIR1994SC268; JT1993(5)SC497; (1993)4SCC441; [1993]Supp2SCR659
..... political links on appointment to the bench.441. if we take the last example, a scottish judge, lord avondale, agreed in 1968 to serve on a conservative opposition committee, but quickly resigned when faced with public criticism and a statement by the lord advocate that conventional rules had been breached. another example was the ..... any particular coterie or privileged class or group of people. to say differently, it is neither inheritable nor a matter patronage.325. the above view of mine regarding the inadequate representation of various sections of people is neither illusory nor imaginary but is the actual and real existing fact and it is fully fortified ..... a.c. 610 the judicial committee of privy council interpreted the word 'government' to mean as minister incharge on the basis of an established convention. in british coal corporation v. the king (1935) a.c. 500 the judicial committee of privy council noticed the convention that his majesty in council was bound to give effect .....
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Reported in : 1996IIIAD(SC)641; JT1996(4)SC263; 1996(3)SCALE579; (1996)5SCC281; [1996]Supp1SCR507
..... coastal areas, as a pre-requisite to environmental management of the area. such a status report was required to be followed by a master plan identifying the areas required for conservation, preservation and development and other activities. a master plan so prepared would ensure a scientific assessment and development of the coastline and this would ultimately ensure the preservation and enforcement ..... , channels and ports and for prevention of sandbars and also except for tidal regulators, storm water drains and structures for prevention of salinity ingress and for sweet water recharge;ix) mining of sands, rocks and other substrata materials, except those rare minerals not available outside the crz areas;x) harvesting or drawal of ground water and construction of mechanisms therefore, within .....
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Reported in : AIR1977SC2328; (1977)GLR919; (1977)0GLR90; 1977LabIC1857; (1977)4SCC193; [1978]1SCR423
..... talk or debate in this regard. whether it will be advisable to do so or not is a very controversial matter and i refrain from ex-pressing any opinion of mine on this issue as it is neither advisable nor necessary to do so.138. section 200 of the government of india act, 1935 provided for the establishment and constitution of ..... of these divergences 'it is a delicate business to base speculations about the purpose or construction of a statute upon the vicissitudes of its passage. (holmes j in pine hill coal co. v. united states: 259 u.s. 191. even so, we agree with the emphasis laid by shri seervai on the ruling in river wear commissioners v. adamson 2 app .....
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