Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 dated 12/09/2019 regarding compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and other important issues relating to environment.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Amit Jain Vs Union of India dated 06/09/2019 regarding cheap waste paper and the road sweep waste import for firing of brick kilns. According to the applicant, 900,000 tons of waste is imported which is hazardous.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pankaj Sharma Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 30/08/2019 regarding dumping of hazardous waste at Meerut by Dev Priya Industries, Devpriya Paper Mills Pvt. Ltd., Dev Priya Products and Holy Commercial Pvt. Ltd.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Conservation Action Trust & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/08/2019 regarding the environmental impact of beaching and ship breaking method. The NGT directs the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to have an environment audit

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Urmila Vs Govt. of NCT of Delhi dated 09/08/2019 regarding storage of inflammable chemicals at Rana Complex, Village Rithala, Rohini, Delhi, which has potential of impacting public health in violation of the “Manufacture, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989 (1989 Rules) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rashid Ali Warsi Vs UPSIDC Ltd. & Others dated 08/08/2019 regarding discharge of untreated effluents by textile units using hazardous chemicals in Loni area, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satish Kumar Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/08/2019 regarding compliance of the judgment by Supreme directing shifting/closing of industrial activities falling under category ‘F’ of the Master Plan of Delhi, 2001.

History of the Case: 

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Central Pollution Control Board Vs State of Andaman & Nicobar & Others dated 22/07/2019 regarding implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (PWM Rules) and directions issued by the CPCB on 30.06.2016 to implement the thickness norms for carry bags, constitution of squads for vigilance, preventing littering of plastic waste in public, submission of annual reports and action plan for management, quantification and characterization in every city/town of all the States/UTs.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashwani Kumar Dubey Vs Union of India & Others dated 19/07/2019. The matter of discussion was the Report of the Committee in O.A 164/2018 with I.A. No. 155/2019 for direction dispensing the implementation of the Core Committee’s Recommendation. I.A. No. 337/2019 for permitting the applicant to continue to transport coal by road & I.A. No. 384/2019 for quashing the recommendation of the Core Committee.