The union environment ministry has put together an amnesty scheme for infrastructure and industrial projects that have violated environmental clearance norms. The standard operating procedure laid out by the ministry in an office memorandum dated July 7 states that projects that don’t have prior environmental clearance should be closed and appraised afresh. The provisions of the new amnesty scheme are …
The Mumbai traffic police have collected Rs 1 crore in the last two weeks after starting a door-to-door campaign to collect pending traffic fines. Under this initiative of traffic police, two constables with body cameras visited the houses of people who had violated traffic rules and their payments of fines were pending. In the new method to collect fines, the …
With Christmas and New Year just round the corner, party scenes have suddenly brightened up across the city. In its latest crackdown, BMC officials said that on Monday, they found out that a pub in the Santa Cruz area has been flouting Covid-19 rules. All these happened even after the BMC had served verbal warnings to all nightclubs and pubs …
Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the UP Government to consider the feasibility of having community service by such persons who violate the law of wearing masks- in terms of the direction passed by the Gujarat High Court in Vishal S Awtani v. State of Gujarat. "Any person found to be not wearing or using a face mask/covering in a …
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday suggested the Assam Government to take strict action against those not following physical distancing norms, including the imposition of fine on violators. Background of the PIL and the Court's observations The Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation wherein it was contended that since the directions contained in various orders and notifications issued on …