Judgement of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Rattan Vs Haryana Urban Development Authority & Others dated 27/05/2016 regarding encroachment of one acre of land earmarked for a public park in Sector-31, Gurgaon, Haryana by Pama Educational & Welfare Society and . Ryan International School.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Rohit Choudhury Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/05/2016 regarding dumping of municipal solid waste (MSW) on the Deepor Beel, Kamrup District, Assam.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pavit Singh Vs. The State of NCT of Delhi & Ors dated 26/04/2016. This application has been filed by the applicant who is a resident of Chandan Colony, Saidullajab, IGNOU Road, New Delhi, a social activist as well as RTI activist praying for a direction against respondents to demolish/remove the encroachments from the ridge land and the unauthorised construction on the land falling in khasra no.

This article investigates the impact of court verdicts on Chennai’s canals, tanks and related wetlands. It discusses three interlinked cases surrounding Buckingham Canal area and argues that the verdicts in these cases allowed the administration to destroy sophisticated water systems. It also argues that these waterbodies could have mitigated, if not prevented, the November–December 2015 fl oods in Chennai.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Centre for Human Rights Vs. Chief Secretary, Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 13/01/2016 with reference to the order dated 6th April, 2015 for the demarcation of ponds at villages Ladpur, Neb Sarai, Shahipur, Kanjhawal, Mangolpur Kalan, Delhi.

Applicant submits that nothing has been placed before the tribunal as to the progress in demarcation of the pond at the said villages.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kishore Samrite Vs. Union of India & Others dated 17/12/2015 regarding illegal occupation of land, Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh.

Show cause notices have been issued and Municipal Council, Balaghat is proceeding in the matter as directed against all those persons who were found to be in occupation of area contrary to the law.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajeev Suri Vs. Commissioner, SDMC & Ors. dated 17/12/2015 regarding encroachment of park/green area located in the main market of Defence Colony, New Delhi.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gole Park Nikat Niwasi Kalyan Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 15/12/2015 regarding maintenance, perseveration and protection of Gole Park, Sector 3, Rajender Nagar, Sahibabaad Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh and seeks relief directing removal of the encroachment and restoration of the damaged Gole Park in the present case.

Chennai floods show the vulnerabilities that arise from the neglect of urban planning. (Editorial)

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Indu Gupta & Ors. Vs. Goel Ganga & Ors. dated 17/11/2015 regarding Ram Nadi river encroachment, Pune, Maharashtra.

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