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Supreme Court Disapproves NGT’s Penalty Methodology Based on Revenue

The Supreme Court set aside an order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that imposed a penalty of ₹25 crores on Benzo Chem Industrial Private Limited for alleged environmental damages,…

Stay order by Supreme court on action by NGT against BMC commissioner.

The supreme court has stayed the order of Public NGT, summoning the commissioner of BMC over increase in contamination of different water bodies. The bench of Judges D. Y. Chandrachud…

SC ISSUES NOTICE RELATED TO UNRESTRICTED USE OF PLASTICS

The appeal was filed by Him Jagriti Uttaranchal welfare society challenge the plea filed by NGT and raising substantial questions related to environmental issues. A division of the bench of…

NGT: Budget constraint cannot justify violation of the right to clean environment

The plea filed by a Rajasthan resident, Bhanwar Lal Bhargava was concerned with the discharge of untreated sewage and industrial effluent on agriculture land in Bikaner's Nokha village. The executive…

NGT directs Centre to regulate extraction of ground water in cricket fields

The petitioner, Haider Ali raised a concern that the use of ground water for maintenance of cricket fields is depriving people of portable drinking water. The Petitioner further stated that…

Oversight Committee recommendations of protection of environment at Govardhan accepted by NGT

Petition: A petition has been filed before NGT seeking the Tribunal’s intervention for protection of environment in Govardhan and surrounding areas, particularly Giriraj Parvat (Hill) near Mathura-Vrindavan. Recommendation of the…

SC SET ASIDE NGT DISMISSAL OF APPEAL ON TIME BAR IN CASE OF VISHAKAPATNAM GREENFIELD AIRPORT

In the case of Sridevi Daatla v. Union of India (CA 3136/2020), SC set aside an order of National Green Tribunal which dismissed an appeal filed against the grant of…

NGT orders forest ministry panel to investigate the killing of the elephant in MP due to electric shock

The National Green Tribunal has instructed the Ministry of The Environment, Forests, and Climate Change's (MoEF&CC) Monitoring Committee to investigate the demise of an elephant in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh and…

NGT ban on bursting crackers not adhered to in NCR

The National Green Tribunal has recently imposed a "total ban" on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers in the NCR from November 9 midnight to November 30 midnight…

NGT asks CPCB and DPCC to issue suitable directions for compliance with proposals in 3 plants

Directions have been given to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for the waste-to-energy plants in Ghazipur, Okhla and Bawana. The court order came following a September 24 report…