Gauhati HC Issues Notices to Centre, Assam Govt, OIL for Drilling Inside Forest, Adjacent to Baghjan Well Site
4 years, 2 months ago

Gauhati HC Issues Notices to Centre, Assam Govt, OIL for Drilling Inside Forest, Adjacent to Baghjan Well Site

News 18  

Gauhati High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Centre, Assam government, Oil India and different agencies in a case related to granting permission to the PSU to drill seven wells inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, which is adjacent to Baghjan well tragedy site. Hearing the PIL filed jointly by advocate Mrinmoy Khataniar and mountaineer Amar Jyoti Deka, a HC bench comprising Chief Justice N Kotiswar Singh and Justice Manish Choudhury directed the 14 respondents to file their affidavits within two weeks and fixed October 20 as the next date. Fire is raging at OIL's Baghjan well site since June 9following a gas blowout from well number five since May 27.Two firefighters were killed in the blaze. The PIL was filed against the Centre's approval to OIL for drilling inside the forest, which is very rich in biodiversity, by amending existing norms like public hearing under the draft Environment Impact Assessment Notification2020.

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Judicial survey of coal mining site in Assam elephant reserve ordered
2 years, 3 months ago

Judicial survey of coal mining site in Assam elephant reserve ordered

The Hindu  

The Gauhati High Court has ordered a judicial survey of an area near an eastern Assam national park where a unit of Coal India Limited is said to be carrying out mining operations in violation of environmental laws. Chhaya and Justice Soumitra Saikia directed the Tinsukia district judge to study the Tikok Extension open cast project close to the Dehing …

Assam's Baghjan Oil Well Fire: Supreme Court To Reconstitute Committee To Assess Environmental Damage & Compensation On Thursday
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam's Baghjan Oil Well Fire: Supreme Court To Reconstitute Committee To Assess Environmental Damage & Compensation On Thursday

Live Law  

Supreme Court on Monday decided to reconstitute the Committee constituted for assessment of compensation and restitution of damage done to the environment due to fire at Assam's Baghjan oil well. "We need to straight away delete OIL India from the committee and let other committees progress", the Bench orally observed. The National Green Tribunal, by its order dated 24 June, …

Gauhati HC Stays Centre's Permission to OIL to Drill Wells Inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park
4 years ago

Gauhati HC Stays Centre's Permission to OIL to Drill Wells Inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park

News 18  

The Gauhati High Court on Monday stayed the Centre’s permission to Oil India to drill seven wells inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, which is adjacent to Baghjan well blaze site. “After hearing the counsels, the Hon’ble Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court stayed the environmental clearance dated on May 11 this year for non compliance of the Supreme Court order …

Gauhati HC Slaps Fine on Assam Forest Dept for Failing to File Affidavit on Permission to OIL
4 years, 2 months ago

Gauhati HC Slaps Fine on Assam Forest Dept for Failing to File Affidavit on Permission to OIL

News 18  

The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on Assam Forest Department for failing to file an affidavit in a case related to permission given to Oil India to drill seven wells inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, which is adjacent to Baghjan well tragedy site. “The court imposed the penalty on the forest department for not filing …

NGT Rejects Objections Raised by Oil India to Preliminary Report on Baghjan Well Fire in Assam
4 years, 4 months ago

NGT Rejects Objections Raised by Oil India to Preliminary Report on Baghjan Well Fire in Assam

News 18  

The National Green Tribunal has rejected the objections raised by Oil India Ltd to a preliminary report filed by a committee on the fire incident at Baghjan well number 5 in Assam. Oil India had raised doubts over the findings of the committee headed by former high court judge B P Katakey saying it's report was based on desk research …

NGT seeks explanation on drilling for oil in Assam national park
4 years, 5 months ago

NGT seeks explanation on drilling for oil in Assam national park

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Environment Ministry, Oil India Limited and two other entities to explain how the proposed drilling of seven oil wells in an eastern Assam national park was permitted. The NGT directive on July 20 was based on a petition by Assam-based conservationists Bimal Gogoi and Mridu Paban Phukan against the environment clearance to OIL …

Assam Oil Well Fire: NGT Directs Oil India To Deposit Rs 25 Crores; Constitutes Committee For Probe [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Assam Oil Well Fire: NGT Directs Oil India To Deposit Rs 25 Crores; Constitutes Committee For Probe [Read Order]

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday directed Government-owned Oil India Limited, to deposit a sum of Rs. "In view of the prima facie case made out against OIL on the extent of damage caused to the environment and biodiversity, damage to both human and wildlife, public health and, having regard to the financial worth of the Company and the extent …

Oil India ‘intending to file writ petition’ before Gauhati HC challenging PCBA order to close operations at Assam’s Baghjan oil field
4 years, 6 months ago

Oil India ‘intending to file writ petition’ before Gauhati HC challenging PCBA order to close operations at Assam’s Baghjan oil field

Firstpost  

OIL stated that it is intending to file writ petition before the Gauhati High Court challenging PCBA’s order to close down operations at Baghjan oilfield in Tinsukia district Guwahati: After the Pollution Control Board, Assam on Sunday issued closure notice to Oil India Limited directing it to “close down” all production and drilling operations at all installations of Baghjan oilfield …

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