Logs are seen flowing with the flood waters,’ said the bench. ‘If this goes on, we will not have any forests left.’ ...

Considering the unprecedented landslides and flooding in states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Thursday sought the stand of the Centre, National Disaster Management ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 4), referring to videos of timber logs floating in floodwaters in Himachal Pradesh, observed that rampant illegal tree felling appeared to be taking ...

We have witnessed unprecedented landslides and floods in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab, the court noted ...

The Supreme Court of India has raised strong concerns over the recent floods and heavy rains that wreaked havoc across Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir. Chief Justice of ...

The court described videos showing timber logs washed away by floods as ‘serious’ & issued notices to Centre, NHAI, NDMA and states, posting matter for hearing after two weeks.

The apex court was responding to a plea alleging illegal felling of trees as a key reason for such disasters.

Felling trees is often a ‘first port of call’ when dealing with subsidence claims and instances of tree removal are likely to ...

The court acknowledged unprecedented landslides and flooding across multiple Himalayan states and remarked that the presence of so much timber in floodwaters gives the impression that deforestation ...