The World Heritage Convention defines the kind of natural or cultural sites which can be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List. The States Parties are encouraged to integrate the protection of the cultural and natural heritage into regional planning programmes, set up staff and services at their sites, undertake scientific and technical conservation research and adopt measures...

The petitioner has filed this appeal stating a sorry state of management by the District authorities of the State of U.P. despite the various directions issued by this Court for maintaining cultural heritage and historical importance within the Taj Trapezium.
It was found that despite the presence of monitoring stations, the air quality had still not improved. In consequence with this, a direction...

Taj Mahal, one of the wonders of the world and the pride of India was facing serious threat from pollution caused by Mathura Refinery, iron foundries, glass and other chemical industries. As a result of very high toxic emissions from these industries, the Taj Mahal and 255 other historic monuments within the Taj trapezium were facing serious threat because of acid rain. In 1984, the petitioner...

The Applicants sought an order declaring that in adopting a development plan for the county of Meath, the Respondent failed to have "due regard" to the strategic planning guidelines for the greater Dublin area and that in consequence the plan was void and of no effect. They also sought an order quashing the Respondent's decision to adopt the plan.
High Court ordered the successful Respondent to...

The issue was whether a provision of the National Monuments Act 2004 was unconstitutional and also in breach of European law. The proceedings focused on the construction of part of a motorway through Carrickmines Castle, an area of archaeological note. Although the appellant lost his case in the High Court, the learned High Court Judge awarded him costs against the first named respondent...

Section 8 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 2004, introduced a special provision in relation to the South Eastern Route of the M50 C-Ring motorway around Dublin with a view to facilitating the completion of works at or adjacent to an archaeological site at Carrickmines Castle. This appeal is concerned with questions as to whether that section offends Articles 5, 10, 15 and 40 of the...

The petitioner filed the application seeking directions (i) to take action against the authorities responsible for damaging and destroying the green belt within 500 metres of Taj Mahal; (ii) to direct the State of U.P. to shift the venue of Yanni concert beyond 500 metres from the Taj Mahal as recommended by the Expert Committee of the Central Pollution Control Board; (iii) to direct the Union of...

This case dealt with the protection of the Katmandu Valley, which was important from a historical, religious, cultural and environmental point of view. The petitioner sought orders by the court to give effect to the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1972 that Nepal had ratified.
The court analyzed the question of the petitioner’s standing to file the case in...

In this suit instituted by way of an originating summons, the 5,000 members of the Ogiek ethnic community, ten of whom were expressly imploded as plaintiffs representing themselves and the rest of the others, had moved the court to make the following two declarations and orders:
(a) a declaration that their eviction from Tinet Forest by the Government (acting by the provincial administration)...