A public interest litigation, containing allegations of unauthorised and illegal mining in the Mussoorie-Dehradun belt, affecting adversely the ecology and environmental order of the area, was filed against the Governments of the Union and of Uttar Pradesh, agencies and mining lessees. A number of committees and working groups were set up both by the …
Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra Dehradun and others (Petitioners) v. State of U.P. and others (Respondents) Party: India. ... The Court was of the view that lime-stone quarrying and excavation of the lime-stone deposits seemed to affect the perennial water springs. ... UNEP/UNDP/Dutch Government Joint Project on Environmental Law in ...
The district authorities of Dehradun were instructed to ensure that these quarries were not operated or worked, and no mining activity was carried out clandestinely. Issues: …
It evaluates the negative externalities of limestone quarrying in Doon Valley that damages perennial economic activities such as agriculture and tourism. The official steps taken by the State Government to control the ecological damage from quarrying having proved inadequate, the residents of the Valley looked for justice and the right to ...
Dehradun Limestone Quarry Case. The three-judge bench including CJ PN Bhagwati took cognizance of the importance of the judgement as it was first time the Supreme Court had to decide the correct balance between environmental and ecological necessity of the local population and the economic welfare of the country at large.
FACTS OF THE CASE: 1) This case is also called the 'Dehradun valley litigation' or the 'Doon valley case'. Limestone was being quarried from the Mussoorie range of the …
An early case in point is the Dehradun Quarrying Case, (Rural Litigation & Entitlement Kendra v State of Uttar Pradesh (1989) Supp (1) SCC 504) where the Supreme Court directed a letter to be treated as a writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution. The letter alleged that illegal limestone quarrying was devastating the fragile ...
The Mussoorie quarrying case commonly known as Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra vs State of UP case, refers to the legal dispute over extensive …
On April 18, 2013, in the case of Orissa Mining Corporation v. Ministry of Environment and Forest and Others 1 (Vedanta mining) the Supreme Court of India decreed that the 'Gram Sabha' 2 has authority to determine whether the proposed project would affect individual or community rights including cultural and religious rights under …
A further report of the inspection made by the Monitoring Committee on 11th and 12th January, 1990 alongwith the District Judge and the District Magistrate, Dehradun, was forwarded to this Court in which it was mentioned that the inspection carried out of the mining area showed that there was evidence of fresh quarrying done between …
The Conflict Over Limestone Quarrying in Doon Valley, Dehradun, India" by JAYANTA BANDYOPADHYAY, Ph.D.(IIT Kanpur) Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore 560076, India, & VANDANA SHIVA, Ph.D.(Western Ontario) Research Foundation for Science Technology and Natural Resource Policy, 105 Rajpur Road, Dehradun 248001, India.
(9) It is clear from the directions contained in the order of 12th March, 1985, as also the ratio of the judgment in the Ambica Quarry Works case, that even if there has been an order of the Court and no challenge is raised against such order, this Court could invoke its jurisdiction to nullify the direction or order, and if any order ...
The mine closed down on 30th of September, 1988 in terms of this Court's direction dated 30.8.1988. The first report on the record is dated 18th of February, 1989, jointly given by the Additional District Magistrate, Dehradun, D.P. Sharma, Geologist of Dehradun and the Forest Range Officer, Mussoorie.
to Dehradun and the Forest Department started selling quarrying rights to the limestone deposits at a royalty of Rs 5 per 100 cubic feet (ca 2,832 dm3). An attempt by the Government of the day to take full control of all limestone deposits was challenged in the lawcourts by the local land-lords. They argued that the boulders on the surface of the
Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, Dehradun v, State of U.P. (AIR 1985 SC 652) (Dehradun Quarrying Case) In this case, RLEK and a group of citizens wrote a letter to the SC against the progressive mining which affected the Mussoorie tree and forest cover and accelerated soil erosions resulting in landslides and blockage of ground water.
Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, Dehradun v. State of Uttar Pradesh. Case- Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, Dehradun v. State of Uttar Pradesh. Also called- Dehradun Valley Litigation Citation- 1985 AIR 652, 1985 SCR (3) 169 Court- Supreme Court of India Bench- Bhagwati, P.N. Sen, Amarendra Nath
This case is also famously known as the 'Dehradun Valley litigation'. In Mussoorie hill range of Himalayas, the activity of quarrying was being carried out. …
Mineral Regulations Act, 1948/Minerals Concession Rules, 1949. Limestone--Quarrying of--Grant of mining leases--Depos- its not to be exploited at cost of ecology and environmental consideration. HEADNOTE: A letter received from the Rural Litigation and Entitle- ment Kendra Dehradun was treated as a Writ Petition and notices issued.
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The leading environmental cases decided by the Supreme Court includes case of closure of limestone quarries in the Dehradun region (Dehradun Quarrying case, AIR 1985 SC 652), the installation of safeguard at a chlorine plant in Delhi M.C. Mehta V. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 1037) etc. In Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum vs. Union of …
The Govern- ment of India had also appointed a working Group on the mining of lime stone quarries in Dehradun-Mussoorie area. On 12th March 1985 the Court passed a de- tailed order giving various directions and observing that the reasons for the order would be set out in the judgment to follow later. In this decision, however, the court was of ...
This case is known as the very first case requiring the Supreme Court to balance environmental and ecological integrity against industrial demands on forest resources. The facts of the case are simple: quarrying was being carried out in the Mussoorie region of the Himalayas. Many landslides occurred, which devastated the area and killed the locals, …
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This case is also popularly known as Dehradun Quarrying Case. The right to live in a healthy environment as a part of Article 21 of the Constitution was first recognized in this case. The Supreme Court held that mining activities polluted the environment and thus, violated the right to life of the people living in that region.
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The Supreme Court of India ruled in the Dehradun quarrying case, also known as the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra & Ors. v. State of UP case, that because quarries' contamination negatively affects people's health and safety, the equivalent must be stopped because it violates Article 21. In the aforementioned case, …
The leading environmental cases decided by the Supreme Court includes case of closure of limestone quarries in the Dehradun region (Dehradun Quarrying case, AIR 1985 SC 652), the installation of safeguard at a chlorine plant in Delhi (M.C. Mehta V. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 1037) etc. In Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum vs. Union of India (1996 ...
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The Supreme Court received a writ petition from Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra regarding the operation of lime-stone quarries in the Mussoorie Hill range, India. It was …
In the Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra & Ors. v. State of UP [1] case, otherwise called the Dehradun quarrying case, ... In 2002, the apex court approved the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project on Narmada in the year 2000, interpreting the right to life article as also the right to water:
