Environmental Law
NGT Directs District Magistrates Of Prayagraj And Kaushambi To Take Action Against Alleged Illegal Sand Mining in Yamuna
The Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the District Magistrates of Prayagraj and Kaushambi districts in Uttar Pradesh to take action against the alleged illegal mining in the riverbed of Yamuna.The The bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), Justice Sudhir Agarwal (Judicial Member),Dr. A. Senthil Vel (Expert Member) said, “In absence of...
NGT Forms High Powered Committee To Revisit Environmental Clearance Granted To Great Nicobar Island Project
The Eastern Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a High-Powered Committee to revisit the Environmental Clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) for the project by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated Development Corporation (the project) in Great Nicobar Islands.It is a mega project to be implemented at...
NGT Dismisses Film Studio's Appeal Against MCZMA Order Declining Extension Of Temporary Sets For Shooting
The Western Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rejected the plea made by Balaji Tirupati Cinemas and Expression Studio against the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority's (MCZMA) order of 12.09.2022. The order denied permission for the temporary tents used for shooting to be extended for another six months.The Appellant Film Studios alleged that the order was passed...
Environment Protection And Liability: The Offence Concerning Legalized Nuisance And Injustice
Needless to say, environmental law is a sort of a separate entity from the discipline of environmental justice. Environmental justice in itself an absolute meaningful directive to attend to the equitable development of humans as capital and as workforce irrespective of any kind of discrimination. Environmental Justice is defined as equitable exposure to environmental good and...
NGT Directs Ministry Of Jal Shakti To File Status Report On Regulation Of Groundwater For Cricket Playground
The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), comprising Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel (Chairperson), Justice Sudhir Agarwal (Judicial Member), and Dr A. Senthil Vel (Expert Member), has directed the Secretary of the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) to file a status report within two months regarding the regulation of groundwater extraction for the maintenance of cricket...
As Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant Operator Says Expansion Plan Will Take 18 Months, Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Stay Plea
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it is not necessary to consider at the present stage an application to stay the proposed expansion of the Okhla Waste-to-Energy (WTE) plant in Delhi from 23 MW to 40 MW. This is in view of the statement made by the plant operator that it will take at least 18 months to completeA bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala...
Plea Filed In NGT, For Protection Of UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Kaas Plateau’
Recently, an environmental activist has filed an application for the restitution and restoration of the environment and ecology of 'Kaas Plateau' in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) (West Zone) under Section 15 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (NGT Act), read with Sections 18 and 20 of the NGT Act.The application raises concerns about illegal construction near the plateau, which...
Environmental Law Weekly Round-Up [26 March-1 April,2023]
Nominal IndexSwetab Kumar v. Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change and Ors. [2023 LiveLaw (SC)245] ( Supreme Court)Centre for Environment Law WWF-I v. Union of India (Supreme Court)Yeshwanth Shenoy v. State of Kerala (Supreme Court)Shramjeevi Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. v. Dinesh Johi and others [2023 LiveLaw (SC) 258] (Supreme Court)People's Charioteer Organisation v....
Centre Introduces Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill,2023
On Wednesday, the central government introduced the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, which seeks to amend certain provisions under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.The Bill acknowledges that the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 has presented new challenges in terms of ecological, social, and environmental developments. These include mitigating the effects of climate change,...
NGT Orders Compensation For Deaths Of Children In West Bengal's Illegal Mining Case
NGT ordered compensation of 20 lakhs to each of the heirs of three deceased persons, including two 15-year-old children, and 5 lakhs to the injured who were engaged in illegal mining activities on the Balason river bed in Siliguri,West Bengal.Two children, along with a 20-year-old person, were crushed to death while illegally loading sand onto a truck in the Balason river bed in Siliguri...
'NGT Could Not Have Ignored Decree Affirmed By Supreme Court' : SC Allows Housing Society's Appeal
The Supreme Court on March 22 allowed the appeal filed by the Shramjeevi housing society, which had challenged the decision of the NGT to halt construction near Teliya lake in Mandsaur. The NGT had ordered the construction to be stopped on the grounds that the land fell within a submergence area. However, the housing society argued that they had previously received permission for the...
NGT Forms Committee To Provide Remedial Measure To Restore North Bengal’s Wetland Chatra Beel
The Eastern Zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has constituted a committee to inspect and provide remedial measures to restore the Chatra Beel, a wetland in North Bengal in the district of Malda, that is allegedly being encroached upon due to expansion of the city.The bench of Justice B. Amit Sthalekar (Judicial Member) and Prof. A. Senthil Vel (Expert Member) passed an...