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State of Tamil Nadu and anr. Vs. P. Krishnamurthy and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2006SC1622; JT2006(4)SC167; (2006)3MLJ313(SC); 2006(3)SCALE460; (2006)4SCC517

..... regulation of quarrying or removal of sand from riverbeds to which madras river conservancy act, 1884 has been extended and for regulating the quarrying or removal of sand from beds of river in charge of the public works department. ..... guaranteed under the constitution of india.c) violation of any provision of the constitution of india.d) failure to conform to the statute under which it is made or exceeding the limits of authority conferred by the enabling act.e) repugnancy to the laws of the land, that is, any enactment.f) manifest arbitrariness/unreasonableness (to an extent where court might well say that legislature never intended to give authority to make such rules).the court considering ..... opportunity of being heard; and that it, therefore, follows that any rule made by the state government for regulating mining leases in respect of minor minerals, in exercise of the rule- making power conferred by the act, should conform to section 4a(3); and that rule 38a made by the state, to the extent it provides for termination or cessation of all existing leases/permissions relating to sand, without affording a hearing to the affected ..... area (not already held under any mining lease) for purposes of conservation of any mineral or for undertaking mining operations through any company/corporation owned by the central government or state government.11.3) the tamil nadu minor mineral concession rules, 1959 were made by the state government in exercise of its power under section 15 of the act. .....

Luxmi Tea Company Limited Vs. Pradip Kumar Sarkar

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1990)2CALLT17(SC); [1990]67CompCas518(SC); (1989)3CompLJ285(SC); JT1989(4)SC350; 1989(2)SCALE1035; 1989Supp(2)SCC656; [1989]Supp2SCR82

..... in that case by an act for making and keeping the river tone navigable, it was enacted, that the thirty persons therein named and their successors should be conservators of the river; and should have various powers referred to therein ..... it was held that as it manifestly appeared from the different clauses of the acts of parliament that the conservators should take land by succession and not by inheritance, although they were not created a corporation by express words they were so by implication and that being so they were entitled to sue in their corporate name for an injury ..... in brief necessary for consideration of the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties are that the respondent, pradip kumar sarkar made an application under section 155 of the companies, act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the act) for rectification of the share register of the appellant-company by inserting his name therein as a registered shareholder of certain shares transferred in his favour. ..... of leeds (1929) 2 c d 291 where it was pointed out that a corporation incorporated by royal charter stands on a different footing from a statutory corporation, the difference being that the latter species of corporation can do only such acts as are authorised directly or indirectly by the statute creating it whereas the former can, speaking generally, do anything that an ordinary individual can do. ..... reliance was then placed by learned counsel for the appellant on the conservators of the river tone v. .....

Flint Ridge Dev. Co. Vs. Scenic Rivers Assn.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... respondents scenic rivers association of oklahoma and illinois river conservation council are nonprofit oklahoma corporations organized for the purpose of protecting the illinois river, a state-designated "scenic" river, and its undeveloped environs, which some members use for ..... 776 certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit syllabus the interstate land sales full disclosure act (disclosure act), which is designed to prevent false and deceptive practices in the interstate sale of unimproved tracts of land by requiring developers to disclose information needed by potential purchasers, requires a developer to register a subdivision by filing with the department of housing ..... the meaning of nepa so that an environmental impact statement would ordinarily be required, there would be a clear and fundamental conflict of statutory duty, since the secretary cannot comply with the duty under the disclosure act to allow statements of record to go into effect within 30 days of filing, absent inaccurate or incomplete disclosure, and simultaneously prepare impact statements on proposed developments. pp. ..... the human environment within the meaning of nepa, hud is nonetheless exempt from the duty of preparing an environmental impact statement because compliance with that duty is not possible if hud is also to comply with the disclosure act's requirement that statements of record become effective within 30 days of filing, unless incomplete or inaccurate on their face. .....

United States Vs. Carmack

Court : US Supreme Court

..... the migratory bird conservation act of february 18, 1929 ..... among its principal steps were the following: june 12, 1940, approval of the general project for cape girardeau by federal works administrator and acting postmaster general based upon the recommendation of the commissioner of public buildings and the fourth assistant postmaster general; july 23-26, 29-31, 1940, post office inspector and site agent visited cape girardeau; ..... the finding of the district court on the second trial that the selection of the park site "amounts in law to an arbitrary and unnecessary act" appears, from the context, to have been a finding largely of the comparative undesirability and lack of necessity for the selection of that site, and not to have been a finding ..... to buildings to be used in whole or in part for post office purposes, the federal works administrator, under regulations to be prescribed by him, shall act jointly with the postmaster general in the selection of towns or cities in which buildings are to be constructed and the selection of sites therein. . . ..... to "buildings to be used in whole or in part for post office purposes, the federal works administrator, under regulations to be prescribed by him, shall act jointly with the postmaster general in the selection of towns or cities in which buildings are to be constructed and the selection of sites therein. . . ..... the upper mississippi river wild life and fish refuge act of june 7, ..... rum river boom ..... improvement of rouge river, 266 f. ..... river .....

Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Vs. State of U. P.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1988SC2187; (1989)1CompLJ105(SC); JT1988(3)SC787; 1988(2)SCALE1574; 1989Supp(1)SCC504; [1988]Supp2SCR690; 1988(2)LC680(SC)

..... balance and without avoidable hazard to them and to their cattle, homes and agricultural land and undue affectation of air, water and environment.the order of 12th march, 1985, did not refer to the forest (conservation) act of 1980 when it permitted the a category lime stone quarries located outside the city limits to operate.5. ..... .(g) to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life and to have compassion for living creatures.1972 marks a watershed in the history of environmental management so far as india is ..... ram avtar has a lease of 14.18 hectares on the left bank of bhitarli river and the lease expired on 2nd december, 1982. ..... it further found:the hill slopes and the river/nallah base are covered by scree generated both during road construction as well as subsequent mining ..... human habitations all through the ages have thrived on river banks and in close proximity of water sources ..... are the ranges from where originate several perennial rivers like the ganges and the yamuna. ..... these two rivers which mingle at allahabad and later flow into the bay of bengal as one river have built up what is known as the gangetic belt-the most fertile part of ..... committee also has opined that there is no apprehension of choking of the water-ways due to mining operations as the song river flows about 400 mts. ..... dams have been set up in the lower reaches which are on the right bank of bhitarli river and no significant fall of the scree into the river was apprehended. .....

M.C. Mehta Vs. Kamal Nath and ors.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : (1997)1SCC388B

..... a revenue map along with all revenue department records covering this entire area, is forwarded enclosed herewith for your reference and perusal.we are aware that in accordance with the forest conservation act of 1980, the use of forest land by private agency even for natural development and afforestation scheme, requires alternative matching compensatory afforestation land areas to be surrendered by the concerned party, ..... public use cannot be converted into private ownership.we are fully aware that the issues presented in this case illustrate the classic struggle between those members of the public who would preserve our rivers, forests, parks and open land sin their pristine purity and those charged with administrative responsibilities who, under the pressures of the changing needs of an increasing complex society, find it ..... the right relief/spill channel, though the works may not withstand a high flood, there may be a tendency for more flow towards the left bank, however, the river is presently in a highly unstable regime after the 1995 extra-ordinary floods, and it is difficult to predict its behavior if another high flood occurs in the near future ..... afternoon of september 4, 1995, this partially block ed the main left side channel which was relatively narrow at this location.this presumably triggered the major change of course in the river, diverting the major portion of the flow into spill channel towards the right and almost over the entire lane area of the club island. .....

Udall Vs. Fpc

Court : US Supreme Court

..... november 21, 1960, in pleading for a deferment of consideration of applications stated: "in carrying out this department's responsibility for the protection and conservation of the vital northwest anadromous fishery resource, and in light of the fact that the power to be available as a result of ratification of the proposed columbia river treaty with canada will provide needed time which can be devoted to further efforts to resolve the fishery problems presently posed by these applications, ..... the rapid depletion of the nation's anadromous fish resources led congress to enact the anadromous fish act, which authorizes federal-state cooperation for the conservation, development, and enhancement of the nation's anadromous fish resources and to prevent their depletion from ..... of the act provides: "in issuing preliminary permits hereunder or licenses where no preliminary permit has been issued and in issuing licenses to new licensees under section 15 hereof, the commission shall give preference to applications therefor by states and municipalities, provided the plans for the same are deemed by the commission equally well adapted, or shall within a reasonable time to be fixed by the commission be made equally well adapted, to conserve and utilize ..... pacific northwest and washington public power supply system, allegedly a "municipality" under 4(e) and under 7(a) of the act, [ footnote 2 ] filed applications for licenses on mutually exclusive sites, and they were consolidated for hearing. .....

Tennessee Valley Auth. Vs. Hill

Court : US Supreme Court

..... . 176 endangered species was also adopted in the conservation act by way of a ban on the transportation and sale of wildlife taken in violation of any ..... is estimated, however, that the snail darter's range once extended throughout the upper main tennessee river and the lower portions of its major tributaries above chattanooga -- all of which are now ..... having determined that the snail darter apparently lives only in that portion of the little tennessee river that would be completely inundated by the impoundment of the reservoir created as a consequence of the completion of the tellico dam, he declared that area as ..... of this case, the secretary determined that the snail darter apparently lives only in that portion of the little tennessee river which would be completely inundated by the reservoir created as a consequence of the tellico dam's completion. id ..... 200 water behind a fully completed dam if an endangered species were discovered in the river on the day before the scheduled impoundment, the district court concluded that congress could ..... statement that respondents' reading of the act, taken to its logical extreme, would compel a court to halt impoundment of water behind a dam if an endangered species were discovered in the river on the day before the scheduled ..... would impound water covering some 16,500 acres -- much of which represents valuable and productive farmland -- thereby converting the river's shallow, fast-flowing waters into a deep reservoir over 30 miles in length .....

Narmada Bachao Andolan Vs. Union of India and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2000SC3751; (2001)1GLR434; 2000(7)SCALE34; (2000)10SCC664; [2000]Supp4SCR94

..... in conclusion, the note urged that clearance from the environmental angle and under the forest conservation act, 1980 be given immediately, subject to conditions and stipulations relating to the various environmental and ..... be as follows:i] total land made available by the forest department 4191.86 hectares ii] land which could not be allotted at present to paf [a] gaothan land [used residential purposes} 209.60 hectares [b] land occupied by river/nallah/hills 795.62 hectares [c] land under encroachment by third parties 34.13 hectares therefore, the net land available at present for allotment was 4191.86 (-) 1439.35 2752.51 hectares total area of land allotted tol600pafs 2434.01 hectares ..... the benefits which have been reaped by the people all over india with the construction of the dams, the government cannot be faulted with deciding to construct the high dam on the river narmada with a view to provide water not only to the scarcity areas of gujarat but also to the small areas of the state of rajasthan where the shortage of water has been ..... according to the state of gujarat, the principal matters in disputes were as under:(i) the right of the state of gujarat to control and use the waters of the narmada river on well-accepted principles applicable to the use of waters of inter-state rivers; (ii) the right of the state of gujarat to object to the arrangement between the state of madhya pradesh and the state of maharashtra for the development of jalsindhi dam; (iii) the right of .....

Oklahoma Ex Rel. Phillips Vs. Guy F. Atkinson Co.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected," and that "destructive floods upon the rivers of the united states, upsetting orderly processes and causing loss of life and property, including the erosion of lands, and impairing and obstructing navigation, highways, railroads, and other channels of commerce between ..... taking may impair the tax revenue of the state, and that the reservoir will obliterate part of the state's boundary, and that the state's own project for water development and conservation will be interfered with -- constitute no barrier to condemnation of the land by the united states under its superior power of eminent domain. p. ..... ] that section provides: "the project for the denison reservoir on red river in texas and oklahoma, authorized by the flood control act approved june 28, 1938, is hereby declared to be for the purpose of improving navigation, regulating the flow of the red river, controlling floods, and for other beneficial uses. ..... have not yet been fully ascertained, they may conservatively be estimated at more than $400,000,000. ..... the role of the federal government in the conservation and utilization of water resources, 86 u.pa.l.rev. ..... the role of the federal government in the conservation and utilization of water resources, 86 u.pa.l. ..... this project interferes with the state's own program for water development and conservation page 313 u. s. .....