SC refuses to interfere with HC order quashing TN pollution board's notices against Isha Foundation
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court order quashing notices of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board against Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Foundation over construction of buildings in the foothills of Velliangiri mountains without prior environmental clearance.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said there shall be no coercive action against Isha Foundation's Yoga and Meditation Centre constructed in Velliangiri hills of Coimbatore.
It said the Yoga and Meditation Centre will comply with all environmental norms and directions of the pollution control board.
The bench said in case of expansion of the Yoga and Meditation Centre, prior nod of competent authority will be taken.
The top court, however, clarified that the order will not create precedent for regularising the illegal construction and that it has been passed in peculiar facts and circumstances of the case.
On December 14, 2022, holding that the facilities set up by the Isha Foundation in Coimbatore would fall under the education category, the high court set aside the TNPCB notice.
The high court quashed the notice dated November 19, 2021, and allowed the plea of the Isha Foundation.
The showcause notice was over construction of buildings in the foothills of Velliangiri without prior environmental clearance.
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Himanta resigns as Assam CM, paving way for formation of new govt
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday resigned along with his cabinet colleagues, paving the way for formation of a new government led by the BJP, officials said.
The BJP-led NDA bagged 102 seats in the 126-member assembly. The assembly elections were held in a single phase on April 9, and counting of votes took place on May 4.
"Following the formal notification of the results of #AssamElections2026 and to enable the formation of the new government, Dr @himantabiswa tendered his resignation as Chief Minister along with that of the council of Ministers to Hon'ble Governor Shri @Laxmanacharya54 today at Lok Bhawan," the Chief Minister's Office said in a post on X.
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The Governor has accepted the resignation, and requested Sarma to continue as the caretaker CM till the new government assumes office, it said.
Later, speaking to reporters outside the Lok Bhawan, Sarma said the oath-taking ceremony is likely to take place after May 11.
“As it was a historic win, we have invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grace the occasion," he said.
The new Assam chief minister will be selected at a meeting of the BJP legislature party in presence of central observers, Sarma said.
