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US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Press Statement | February 19, 2020 US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Far...

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations...

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Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Since the Tata Mundra “Ultra Mega Power Project” broke ground in 2008, many once-fertile fishing and farming...

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विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

विश्वयुद्ध के बाद ब्रिटेन के ब्रेटेनवुड में खादी की गई वैश्विक वित्तीय संस्थाओं की ताक़त एक ज़माने में बेतेरह बढ़ी थी। व...

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The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

The World Bank’s support for giant coal fired power plants in India and South Africa illustrate the organisation&#...

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Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

On February 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision ruled that international organisations like the Internation...

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How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

The case, which now goes back to a US district court, relates to alleged pollution caused by a Gujarat-based power plant...

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Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

In its historic decision on 27th Feb 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that international organizations like the W...

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Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

March 31, 2019, Mundra, Gujarat: In an afternoon with 41-degree heat, hundreds of men, women, and children from Navinal...

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US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity

In late February, the US Supreme Court ruled against the claim by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World...

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February 19, 2020

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US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Press Statement | February 19, 2020 US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision. IFC hides it shame & guilt behind technicalities of jurisdiction Kutch, Gujarat / New Delhi: The fishworkers and farmers of Mundra affected b...

Coal Energy Press Releases Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Project

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December 11, 2019

Anuradha Munshi

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Almost a decade after the construction for the Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project and eight years since the operations of the project started, a revisit to Mundra tells the story of the destruction of livelihoods, environment and disempowered communities. The project was envisaged as India’s first...

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April 26, 2019

Sierra Magazine

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

Since the Tata Mundra “Ultra Mega Power Project” broke ground in 2008, many once-fertile fishing and farming communities of Northwest India have been ravaged. Photo by Sami Siva/Redux WILD ANIMALS ONCE RAN AMONG the acacia trees outside Navinal, one of many small villages hugging the Gul...

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August 1, 2019

Subah Savere

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

विश्वयुद्ध के बाद ब्रिटेन के ब्रेटेनवुड में खादी की गई वैश्विक वित्तीय संस्थाओं की ताक़त एक ज़माने में बेतेरह बढ़ी थी। वे अपनी मनमर्ज़ी के विकास की अवधारणा को दुनियाभर पर थोप सकती थीं। ऐसे में भारत के किसानों, आदिवासियों, मछुवारों द्वारा उन्हें ख़ारिज करवा लेना एक ऐतिहासिक जीत है। वर्ष 1993 में नर्म...

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April 27, 2019

Open Democracy

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

The World Bank’s support for giant coal fired power plants in India and South Africa illustrate the organisation’s many institutional failings. This article is part of a series by openDemocracy and the Bretton Woods Project on the crisis of multilateralism. The views expressed are those ...

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March 11, 2026

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Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

On February 27, 2019, the US Supreme Court in a 7-1 decision ruled that international organisations like the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private-lending arm of the World Bank Group, do not enjoy absolute immunity as they indulge in the commercial activities. The case pertains to the 4...

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April 10, 2019

The Indian Express

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

The case, which now goes back to a US district court, relates to alleged pollution caused by a Gujarat-based power plant partly funded by IFC. On February 27, the US Supreme Court ruled in favour of a group of fishermen and a Gujarat village panchayat in a suit against the US-headquartered Internati...

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September 18, 2025

Anuradha Munshi

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

In its historic decision on 27th Feb 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that international organizations like the World Bank Group “don’t enjoy absolute immunity”. Simply put, with this judgement, the World Bank and other international financial institutions can be sued anywhere for the damages...

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April 25, 2019

Ankit Agrawal

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

March 31, 2019, Mundra, Gujarat: In an afternoon with 41-degree heat, hundreds of men, women, and children from Navinal and Tagri villages of Kutch, and members from the civil society and peoples’ movements from across India have gathered to celebrate a historic legal victory in the US Supreme Cour...

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April 25, 2019

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US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity

In late February, the US Supreme Court ruled against the claim by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, to absolute immunity from suit in the US. The case was brought by a community of Indian fisherfolk, represented by EarthRights International and the Sta...

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US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity

US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity

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“World Bank immunity”

US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity

US Federal Court Rules in Favour of IFC in Tata Mundra Case: Fishworkers and Farmers to Challenge Decision.

Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project: A decade of disemPOWERing communities

Coal-Ravaged Indian Fishers Take to the Supreme Court

विश्वबैंक जैसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों से टकराते जनांदोलन

The World Bank’s Legacy of Environmental Destruction: A Case Study

Tata Mundra: The Story Of A Valiant Struggle

How Gujarat Fishermen Won US Top Court Ruling Against Global Funding Agency

Update: A Great Victory: The Fight Continues!

Historic Verdict On The Immunity Of IFIs Celebrated

US Supreme Court Rules Against World Bank’s Claim of Absolute Immunity