Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Balwinder Kaur Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 19/03/2024.
Balwinder Kaur, the applicant raised the grievance of risk of thousands of trees felling due to likelihood of land sliding. It was said that illegal mining is being carried out upto 15 to 20 feet in agricultural land adjacent to forest department land where thousands of trees are standing which are facing risk of land sliding on account of illegal mining which may result in tremendous loss to the environment.
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Nirmal Kumar Singha Vs The State of West Bengal & Others dated 17/08/2023.
Action taken report filed by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board in compliance to the National Green Tribunal order, May 31, 2022 in the matter of Dheeraj Singh Vs State of Haryana.
A complaint was filed before the NGT which said that during the construction of flyover going on near 20th Mile Stone, tehsil Rai, district Sonipat, the contractor during a period of three months had laid fly ash on the site for filling. This was polluting the nearby areas.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bombay Environmental Action Group Vs National Highways Authority of India & Others dated 24/04/2023.
The matter related to felling of mangrove trees for the Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway. The petition was filed by Bombay Environmental Action Group and arose out of the final judgment and order dated February 2, 2023 passed by the Bombay High Court. The Bombay High Court had permitted the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to cut 350 mangrove trees for 8-lane Vadodara-Mumbai expressway.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Prem Prakash Prajapati Vs Project Director, PIU Sonipat and Others dated 06/03/2023.
Grievance in the application is against failure of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in complying with its environmental obligations in the course of construction of 8-lane highway No. 44 from Mukarba chowk to Singhu border, Delhi. It is stated that near village Khampur lot of dust is generated in absence of sprinkling of water. It is further stated that 161 trees have been cut in January 2021.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of S Rajaseekaran Vs Union of India & Others dated 06/02/2023.
The matter is related to road safety and prevention of accidents. In response to the SC order of January 6, 2023 a meeting was convened by Justice A M Sapre, Chairperson of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety. The Committee has drawn up a road map for taking steps for the implementation of Section 136A of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988.
