Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone, Kolkata) in the matter of Ashish Kumar Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 24/02/2025.

The report of the Fact Finding Committee imposed a penalty of Rs 12,75,000 on Bengal Shristi Infrastructure Development Limited for environmental damage. The District Magistrate, Paschim Burdwan has accepted the findings of the Fact Finding Committee.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Syed Ashhar Tauseef Vs Kamal Faruqui dated 17/02/2025.

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Uttarakhand & Others Vs Niranjan Bagchi & Others dated 10/02/2025.

The state of Uttarakhand has appealed against the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order. The NGT directed Uttarakhand to initiate appropriate legislative and executive measures within one month for removal of the encroachments from the river bed/flood plain zone of river Rispana.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Jagdev Vs Lieutenant Governor of Delhi & Others dated 06/02/2025.

The NGT, October 17, 2019 had directed that the flood plains of a river cannot be allowed to be occupied as such occupation could damage the ecology of the river and has directed to keep river Yamuna free from encroachment. The court had also directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and Forest Department to take action in accordance with law.

Action taken report by the state of Rajasthan in the matter of Omprakash Somani Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 05/02/2025.

The report was in compliance with the NGT order, January 13, 2025 (central zonal bench, Bhopal).

The court was informed that the state authorities, police and the Panchayati Raj department undertook multiple operations to remove illegal encroachments on Dharma talab, Raila, and adjacent areas between October 2023 and January 2025.

Order of National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamlesh Roj Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 21/01/2025.

The issue raised in the application are protection of historical Hingonia Dam from the encroachment from the local residence violating the environmental norms and damaging the area of the water body. The Hingonia Dam receives its water from multiple sources, including the Kalakh Dam Feeder located in Phulera, Jaipur Rural through Bandi river, Sardiya Nadi along with several other smaller feeders that contribute water to the Hingonia Dam.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News item titled "DDA ignores directions to remove official constructions on floodplain builds more" appearing in The Hindu dated 18.04.2024 and Other dated 21/01/2025.

The original application was registered suo motu based on the news item titled "DDA ignores directions to remove official constructions on floodplain, builds more" and “DDA flouts NGT’s guidelines, continues construction on crowded Yamuna floodplain in Delhi” published in The Hindu daily dated 18.04.2024 and 16.04.2024 respectively.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 20/01/2025.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bhoori Singh Vs District Magistrate, Agra & Others dated 17/01/2025.

The application was filed by Bhoori Singh, resident of village Angoothi, tehsil Sadar, Agra complaining about the encroachment on pond land. Despite complaints made to revenue authorities no action has been taken by the concerned authorities for removing encroachments and restoring the pond to its original status. Letter was also sent to Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board on the matter.

Affidavit by the District Magistrate, Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh in compliance with the NGT orders (November 6, 2023, July 3, 2024 and September 23, 2024).

The matter related to encroachment and disappearance of the ponds in Kanpur Dehat district. There were a total of 1975 ponds which have been reduced to 880 only. Thus, 1095 ponds have disappeared on account of encroachment, contamination of water according to the application filed by Meghraj Singh.