Tag Archives: Madras High Court

The problem with giving “Mother Nature” rights and duties

Posted on May 2, 2022 by

Recently, the Madras high court passed a curiously worded order in which Justice S. Srimathy extended the Uttarakhand high court’s 2017 order, granting the rights due to citizens to the Ganga and the Yamuna rivers, to “Mother Nature” in toto. … Continue reading →

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The INO story

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

The INO’s is a great story but stands unfortunately to become a depressing parable at the moment – the biggest bug yet in a spider’s web spun of bureaucracy and misinformation. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Department of Atomic Energy, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Inter-Institutional Centre for High Energy Physics, Iron Calorimeter, Madras High Court, National green Tribunal, particle physics, Poovulagin Nanbargal, solar neutrino problem, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, theta-13, Vaiko | Comments Off