India, July 10 -- Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

NGT warns UP Chief Secretary

An order allowing brick kilns to operate in Uttar Pradesh - passed by the state's chief secretary - was declared void by a two-member bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) July 9, 2020.

The bench - comprising of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Sonam Phintso Wangdi - said the chief secretary's order was in violation of an earlier court order .

The matter related to illegal operation of brick kilns in Baghpat district, where 600 such kilns operated illegally. The kilns were 50-500 metres away from villages, resulting in a 40 per cent rise in cancer and asthma c...