Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
NGT issues notice to Centre over hanging glacier danger in central HimalayaThe National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...
Assam: NGT stays order for deployment of forest guards in upcoming pollsAssam elections: The state government had ordered the mobilisation of the forest force personnel to assist the Assam Police for the upcomin...
Tribunal can't outsource opinion, base decision on it: SC rejects NGT orderThe Supreme Court overturned an NGT order penalizing a firm for environmental violations, citing procedural flaws. The NGT relied solely on...
No compensation paid from Environment Relief Fund since 2019: GovtApart from contributions from hazardous industries that opt for insurance under the PLIA, the ERF consists of compensation awarded by the N...
NGT vested with suo motu power in discharge of functions, says SCA bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar said it must adopt an interpretation which sustains the spirit of public good and not render the e...
Madras HC stays NGT's order centralising powersThe first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice P D Audikesavalu stayed the order issued on June 12 this year of the Registrar...
Budget constraint can't justify violation of citizens' right to a clean environment, says NGTA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said the officer who has filed the affidavit does not have the requisite knowle...
Benches shut, NGT forcing petitioners to come to DelhiAbhijit Prabhudesai, a Goa-based environmentalist, has travelled to Delhi six times since last December to appear before the National Green...
Government proposes new watchdog; activists say bid to stifle NGTActivists slammed the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) proposal as a deliberate attempt to stifle the National Green Tribunal.
Delhi High Court agrees to hear challenge to NGT, its jurisdictionDelhi High Court today agreed to hear a plea challenging the establishment and jurisdiction of the National Green Tribunal.
Climate change issue beyond National Green Tribunal's jurisdiction: MoEFAccordingly, any statutory obligation on the MoEF regarding the issue of climate change do not arise out of the enactments listed under Sch...
NGT has trappings of a court, has wide powers: Tribunal chiefThe green bench in a order held that the word Tribunal is a word of wide import and the words courts and tribunals embrace within them the ...
- Centre initiates fresh consultation on National Green Tribunal chief selection
Law minister Ashwani Kumar has sent the file on appointment of the NGT chief to Justice Kabir, who took over as Chief Justice of India on S...
Forest clearances under national green tribunal ambitThe environment ministry has failed in its attempt to keep forest clearances outside the purview of the National Green Tribunal though it m...
Forest clearances out of National Green Tribunal ambit: GovernmentThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) was meant to be a one-stop shop to challenge government decisions about green clearances, but a loophole ...
- Green Tribunal rejects plea against Jaitapur Nuclear project
The Tribunal dismissed the plea of an NGO challenging the November 26, 2010 EC ranted by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to the p...