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Mar 30 1942 (FN)

Tulee Vs. Washington

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , the state of washington has the power to impose on the indians equally with others such restrictions of a purely regulatory nature concerning the time and manner of fishing outside the reservation as are necessary for the conservation of fish, but it cannot require them to pay license fees that are both regulatory and revenue-producing. p. ..... the treaty leaves the state with power to impose on indians equally with others such restrictions of a purely regulatory nature concerning the time and manner of fishing outside the reservation as are necessary for the conservation of fish, [ footnote 3 ] it forecloses the state from charging the indians a fee of the kind in question here. ..... even though this method may be both convenient and, in its general impact fair, it acts upon the indians as a charge for exercising the very right their ancestors intended to reserve. ..... relying upon its broad powers to conserve game and fish within its borders, [ footnote 2 ] however, the state asserts that its right to regulate fishing may be exercised at places like the scene of the alleged offense, which, although within the territory ..... "for each dip bag net license for the taking of salmon on the columbia river, [the license fee shall be] five dollars. . . ." id. ..... but it is clear that their regulatory purpose could be accomplished otherwise, that the imposition of license fees is not indispensable to the effectiveness of a state conservation program. ..... of conservation, 263 u. s. .....

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Mar 24 1987 (FN)

Amoco Production Vs. Village of Gambell

Court : US Supreme Court

..... 531 certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit syllabus section 810(a) of the alaska national interest lands conservation act (anilca) provides, inter alia, that, before allowing the use, occupancy, or disposition of public lands that would significantly restrict alaskan natives' use of those lands for subsistence, the head of the federal agency having ..... for satisfaction of the economic and social needs of the state of alaska and its people; accordingly, the designation and disposition of the public lands in alaska pursuant to this act are found to represent a proper balance between the reservation of national conservation system units and those public lands necessary and appropriate for more intensive use and disposition, and thus congress believes that the need for future legislation designating ..... the court's holding that 810 of the alaska national interest lands conservation act (anilca), 94 stat. ..... the entry of a preliminary injunction against all activity in connection with the leases, because it concluded that it was likely that the secretary had failed to comply with 810 of the alaska national interest lands conservation act (anilca), 94 stat. ..... 550 the national park system, national wildlife refuge system, national forest system, national wild and scenic rivers system, and national wilderness preservation system, and also provided for the establishment of a national conservation area and national recreation area, within the state of alaska. .....

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May 12 2000 (SC)

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

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : 2000(4)ALT12(SC); JT2000(7)SC19; 2000(5)SCALE69; (2000)6SCC213; [2000]Supp1SCR389; 2000(2)LC1196(SC)

..... these acts and rules, there are, on the statute book, other acts dealing, in a way, with the environmental laws, for example, the indian forest act, 1927; the forest (conservation) act, 1980; the wildlife (protection) act, 1972 and the rules framed under these acts. ..... mehta, who has been pursuing this case with the usual vigour and vehemence, has contended that if a person disturbs the ecological balance and tinkers with the natural conditions of rivers, forests, air and water, which are the gifts of nature, he would be guilty of violating not only the fundamental rights, guaranteed under article 21 of the constitution, but also be violating the fundamental duties ..... motel had interfered with the natural flow of river and thus disturbed the environment and ecology of ..... fundamental duties of every citizen as set out in article 51a(g) is to protect and improve the natural environment, including forests, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures. ..... inspect all the hotels/institutions/factories in kullu-manali area and in case any of them are discharging untreated effluent/waste into the river, the board shall take action in accordance with law.8. ..... by various constructions made by the motel in the river bed and the banks of the river beas has to be removed and reversed. ..... the river bank and the river basin shall be left open for ..... a boundary wall at a distance of not more than 4 meters from the cluster of rooms (main building of the motel) towards the river basin. .....

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Jul 10 2024 (SC)

Kazi Akiloddin Vs. State Of Maharashtra

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... regional plan, the land bearing survey no.1 of mouza akoli (budruk) was included in the "agriculture zone/no development zone and also the part of this land is situated within the river bank and blue flood line, whereas, the other lands bearing survey no.6 and 7 of mouza akoli (khurd) are included in residential zone. ..... court further held that the acquired land in the appeal was situated on the bank of river morna and relied on the evidence of dw-2 laxman bhika raut, the land acquisition officer ..... sale-deed land, the acquired land is a vast track of agricultural land, along the river bank and was 66 prone to getting inundated during rainy season and hence was not suitable ..... act and any rules made thereunder for regulating the form of a regional plan and the manner in which it may be published, any such regional plan shall indicate the manner in which the regional board propose that land in the region should be used, whether by carrying out thereon development or otherwise, the stages by which any such development is to be carried out, the network of communications and transport, the proposals for conservation ..... acknowledges that under section 14(j) of the mrtp act, the proposals for irrigation, water supply and hydro-electric, works, flood control and prevention of river pollution are the constituents of the regional plan. ..... by the appellant to show that there was a road in between the land of the appellant and river is completely incorrect and that the dotted land denoted the slope. .....

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Dec 10 1982 (SC)

Sanjeev Coke Manufacturing Company Vs. Bharat Coking Coal Limited and ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1983SC239; 1982(2)SCALE1193; (1983)1SCC147; [1983]1SCR1000

..... plants.the nationalisation of the coking coal mines and the coke oven plants was 'with a view to reorganising and reconstructing such mines and plants for the purpose of protecting, conserving and promoting scientific development of the resources of coking coal needed to meet the growing requirements of the iron and steel industry and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto'. ..... nationalisation of the coking coal mines and the coke oven plants was 'with a view to reorganising and reconstructing such mines and plants for the purpose of protecting, conserving and promoting scientific development of the resources of coking coal needed to meet the growing requirements of the iron and steel industry and for matters connected therewith or ..... the object of the coking coal mines (nationalisation) act is to reorganize and reconstruct coking coal mines and coke oven plants for the purpose of protecting, conserving and promoting scientific development of the resources of coking coal needed to meet the growing requirements of the iron and steel industry and for matters connected ..... act, 1972 was enacted 'to provide for the acquisition and transfer of the right, title and interest of the owner of the coking coal mines specified in the first schedule, and the right, title and interest of the owners of such coke oven plants as are in or about the said coking coal mines with a view to reorganising and reconstructing such mines and plants for the purpose of protecting, conserving and .....

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Apr 04 1991 (SC)

M/S. Orissa Cement Ltd. and ors. Vs. State of Orissa and Others

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR1991SC1676; JT1991(2)SC439; 1991(1)SCALE617; 1991Supp(1)SCC430; [1991]2SCR105

..... 1986.section 18, which originally laid a duty on the central government to take all such steps as may be necessary 'for the conservation and development of minerals in india' has been amended by act 37 of 1986 to cover steps 'for the conservation and systematic development of minerals in india and for the protection of environment by preventing or controlling any pollution which may be caused by prospecting or mining operations' and the scope ..... consolidated fund of the state and shall be utilised in the following manner, namely :(a) amounts collected in respect of lands within the local limits of any municipality or notified area constituted under the orissa municipal act, 1950 shall be paid to the concerned municipal council or notified area council, as the case may be; and(b) amounts other than those referred to in clause (a) shall be distributed in the prescribed manner ..... to any mineral, on such percentum of the annual value of the said lands as specified against that mineral in schedule ii; andb) in case of other lands fifty percentum of the annual value.clause (a) was again amended by act 17 of 1989 to read thus: (a) in the case of land held for carrying on mining operations in relation to any mineral, such percentum of the annual value as the state government may, by notification, specify from time ..... the authority to grant a lease for lifting coal slurry coming out of the appellants' washeries and getting deposited on the river bed or other lands was answered in the negative .....

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Oct 03 2024 (SC)

Sukanya Shantha Vs. Union Of India

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... within a period of three months; (ii) the union government is directed to make necessary changes, as highlighted in this judgment, to address caste-based discrimination in the model prison manual 2016 and the model prisons and correctional services act 2023 within a period of three months; (iii) references to habitual offenders in the prison manuals/model prison manual shall be in accordance with the definition provided in the habitual offender legislation enacted by the ..... class . rule 26.69 of the himachal pradesh manual states, if there are no female of suitable caste for conservancy work, paid-sweepers shall be taken 123 part xiv into the enclosure in charge of a warder and under conditions laid ..... cleaned them. rule 26.69 of the himachal pradesh manual states, if there are no female of suitable caste for conservancy work, paid-sweepers shall be taken into the enclosure in charge of a warder and under conditions laid ..... certain communities. rule 440 of the andhra pradesh manual states: the prison tasks including conservancy work shall be allotted at the discretion of the superintendent with due regard to capacity of the prisoner, his education, intelligence and attitude and 119 part xiv so far as may be practicable with ..... 440. allowance for caste prejudice the prison tasks including conservancy work shall be allotted at the discretion of the superintendent with due regard to capacity of the prisoner, his education, intelligence and attitude and so far as may be practicable with due regard .....

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Mar 30 2005 (FN)

Exxon Mobil Corp. Vs. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.

Court : US Supreme Court

..... , colorado river water conservation dist. v. ..... , colorado river water conservation dist. v. ..... plaintiffs had urged that the district of columbia court of appeals acted arbitrarily in denying the waiver petitions of hickey and feldman, given that court s former policy of granting waivers to graduates of unaccredited law schools. ..... noting preliminarily that the state court had acted within its jurisdiction, this court explained that if the state-court decision was wrong, that did not make the judgment void, but merely left it open to reversal or modification in an appropriate and timely appellate ..... this court noted preliminarily that the state court had acted within its jurisdiction. id. ..... court had acted legislatively, not judicially. id. ..... court had acted both judicially and legislatively. ..... holding the federal suits impermissible, we emphasized that appellate jurisdiction to reverse or modify a state-court judgment is lodged, initially by 25 of the judiciary act of 1789, 1 stat. ..... court had acted legislatively, not judicially, id. ..... before the state-court trial, sabic moved to dismiss the federal suit, alleging, inter alia , immunity under the foreign sovereign immunities act of 1976, 28 u. s. c. ..... court had acted judicially. id. ..... the full faith and credit act, 28 u. s. c. .....

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Sep 17 2003 (SC)

The Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd. and anr. Vs. the Goa Foundation ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2003SC4238; 2003(7)SCALE589; (2003)11SCC714

..... , but the same was rejected by the tree officer on the sole ground that the appellants' plot was just opposite the state secretariat in the vicinity of which there was no building, but later on the conservator of forest, goa, who was the appellate authority, granted permission to fell 32 trees out of 51 standing on the appellants' plot, subject to the condition that the appellants were to plant 89 trees in their place while, as a matter ..... the proposed outline development plan was published in the local newspapers and suggestions and objections invited from members of the public as required under section 35 of the town planning act, but as no objections were received from any member of the public, much less the contesting respondents, to the zoning of the said plot as agriculture, it was duly approved and published in the ..... in the same year a proposed regional plan was prepared by the chief town planner under section 9 of the goa, daman & diu town and country planning act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as 'the town planning act') showing the entire area in which the aforesaid plot was situated as an 'orchard' and not government forest/natural cover and the same was first published in the local newspapers and suggestions ..... town & country planning department whereafter the concerned panchayat granted construction licence for the revised plan which was valid for a period of 3 years on a condition that natural landscape formed by trees as seen from river mandovi was not to be disturbed. .....

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May 08 2018 (SC)

M/S Geomysore Services(i) Pvt. Ltd.&anr.; Vs. M/S Hutti Goldmines ...

Court : Supreme Court of India

..... case may be, to establish mineral resources in such land; (b)has not committed any breach of the terms and conditions of the reconnaissance permit or the prospecting licence; (c) has not become ineligible under the provisions of this act; and (d)has not failed to apply for grant of prospecting licence or mining lease, as the case may be, within three months after the expiry of reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence, as the case may be, or ..... to point out that in this very case this court, in the opening para, held as follows: ..it is now common ground between the parties that as a result of the declaration made by parliament, by section 2 of the act, the state legislatures are denuded of the whole of their legislative power with respect to regulation of mines and mineral development and that the entire legislative field has been taken over by parliament 30. ..... that in its earlier judgment dated 18.02.2011, it had been held that while taking a decision under section 17a(2) of the act, the preferential right under section 11 of the act had no role to play and, therefore, the claim of the state government could not be defeated on this ground. ..... hgml sent a letter to the commissioner, geological resources development and director, department of mines and geology, bangalore praying for reservation of area for the purpose of conservation exclusively for public sector undertakings under section 17a(2) of the act. ..... rivers, forests, minerals and such other resources constitute a nation .....

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