Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Accepting to examine the issue since it might have an impact across the country, the Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act, 2000, which excludes the jurisdiction of a High Court to entertain …
The wood panelled office in Delhi's Paryavaran Bhawan is now a 'no-go' zone. Its reigning green queen, Jayanthi Natarajan , once a daily fixture on television shows as Congress spokeswoman, presides in imperious silence. Over the last 15 months, as minister for environment and forests, she has successfully stalled every …
All tea factories in Assam which are situated within ‘No Development Zones’ (NDZ) as well as in the range of 500 metres from the coordinates of NDZs will soon have to go green or else will face closures. The Pollution Control Board of Assam (PCBA) has asked these factories to …
The National Green Tribunal’s principal bench has restrained a number of State agencies from dumping garbage in the Pallavaram ‘periya eri’. “The Tribunal is able to see a prima facie case made out for granting an ex-parte ad interim injunction in view of the warranting fact and circumstances. Accordingly, an …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered about 70 industrial units operating inside the “no-development zone” near Kaziranga National Park in Assam to shut down. It has also imposed a penalty of Rs 1 lakh each on the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) and the state for allowing …
New Delhi: The Centre on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it was processing Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia’s recommendation for appointing sitting judge of SC Justice Swatanter Kumar as chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) and that a notification could be expected in six weeks. Appearing …
Adyar Creek’s gain is Foreshore Estate’s loss in this green move that seems to have gone terribly wrong. The Public Works Department is now dumping construction debris, ordered to be removed by the National Green Tribunal from the Adyar Creek estuary, in Foreshore Estate, on the beach near Srinivasapuram. Truckloads …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal on Girdhars International Private Limited Vs Delhi Pollution Control Committee Department of Environment dated 20/09/2012.
Last month, as part of a three-judge Supreme Court bench, Justice Swatanter Kumar had ensured more work for the National Green Tribunal (NGT) by ordering that all cases involving questions of environmental law be transferred to the tribunal. Now, another judge on the same bench, Chief Justice S H Kapadia, …
The National Green Tribunal has asked the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to ensure that all debris that has accumulated on the banks of the river Yamuna is removed. Issuing the order on Monday, the NGT said the Delhi administration as well as the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh …
New Delhi: Six months after it directed Delhi and UP governments to stop dumping solid waste on the Yamuna river bed, the National Green Tribunal on Monday issued fresh instructions to the UP irrigation department to immediately remove all the debris from the river bank. The order, issued by a …
Jorhat, Sept. 12: The National Green Tribunal’s recent order, which penalised the state government for failing to curb violations of the no-development zone around Kaziranga National Park, has caused concern within the tea industry because the order has also come down heavily on 25 factories falling within the area. On …
On August 30, relay hunger strikes by villagers against a proposed 2,640MW coal-fired thermal power plant at Sompeta in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh would touch the 1,000-day mark. Another strike at Vadditandra, about 70km from Sompeta, where a similar power plant is being planned, would cross the 750-day mark …
