#environmental restoration

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has ruled that leaving a 20-foot-deep pit from a defunct waste project violates citizens' right to life under Article 21 due to risks of injury and disease. It has directed the Gram Panchayat to decide on restoration within one month and implement it within six weeks if the claim is meritorious, setting a precedent for post-project environmental accountability by local bodies.

Madhya Pradesh High Court grants bail to a life convict under IPC 302 on the novel condition of tree plantation and environmental compliance, marking a rare intersection of criminal jurisprudence and rehabilitative justice. This ruling sets a precedent for integrating community service with bail conditions, particularly in cases involving long-term incarceration.

National Green Tribunal holds that environmental compensation funds must result in concrete ecological restoration, not procedural delays. Afforestation must be documented and monitored.

Madhya Pradesh High Court suspends jail sentence of convict conditioned on planting and maintaining 10 saplings, establishing environmental service as a bail criterion under Section 389 Cr.P.C.