Kerala High Court Seeks Centre, State Reply on PIL to Stay Pineapple Cultivation in Athirappilly

The Kerala High Court sought responses from the Centre and state on a PIL to halt pineapple cultivation at Athirappilly and Kallal estates, noting the land’s “potentiality of a man-animal conflict,” and asked the Plantation Corporation to address objections.

‘Persistent Negligence’: Supreme Court Seeks Full Report on Illegal Constructions on Uttarakhand Forest Land

The Supreme Court of India has directed the Uttarakhand Government to file a detailed report with site plans on illegal constructions over forest land. The court flagged alleged collusion and warned against continued encroachment on protected forest area