The Supreme Court of India has stayed a recent notification by the central government that exempted certain construction projects from obtaining prior environmental clearance. This decision came in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the NGO Vanashakti, which challenged the

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, led by Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M.A. Chowdhary, has issued a directive emphasizing that toll plazas should not function merely as revenue-generating mechanisms. The court ordered that no toll plazas be established within 60 kilometers of National Highway-44 (NH-44) and mandated the removal of any […]