The Supreme Court today rejected activist Pinky Virani’s mercy-killing petition for comatose former nurse Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug with the case not qualifying for “passive euthanasia” which the court accepted “in principle”.

The Kerala government has set up a special tribunal in application of “the polluter pays principle” to enable aggrieved individuals to seek compensation and settle disputes with Coco-Cola after a state committee held the company guilty of causing “reckless” pollution and water depletion in the district of Plachimada.

Non-governmental organisations (NGO) Greenpeace and others are seeking lawyers to support the opinion of former attorney general Soli Sorabjee that the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill is unconstitutional.

The Bombay High Court has held in a recent land mark judgment on the cost of imported wines that state governments are not required to comply with the understanding between nations under international treaties unless the legislature enacts a law to reflect the principles agreed under such treaties.