This is the latest among a clutch of studies on glacial lakes that have highlighted the risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and their impact on infrastructure and settlements downstream of such lakes.
Antonio Oliveira Salazar ruled Portugal from 1932 to 1968, but the regime lasted for a another six years under his successor Marcelo Caetano, finally crumbling on April 25, 1974.
The case currently before the SC arose out of a challenge to the 1986 amendment to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 (MHADA) by owners of ‘cessed’ properties in Mumbai.