Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Praveen Kakar & Others Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 04/07/2022.
Three applicants (Praveen Kakar, J C Kalra and D K Pant) filed an application before the NGT regarding M/s. Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd. alleged encroachment and sale of a substantial part of land - comprising about 45% of the construction project, meant for parks and roads in Sushant Lok, Phase I, Gurgaon. This was in violation of environmental laws, causing degradation to the environment.
The bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel, Sudhir Agarwal, Pushpa Sathyanarayana and Expert Member A. Senthil Vel of the NGT directed the project proponent - Ansal Properties & Infrastructure Ltd to pay environmental compensation of Rs. 153,50,62,892.
The environmental compensation has been computed for the following flouting of environmental norms:
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/judgment-national-green-tribunal-regarding-flouting-environmental-laws-construction-sushant
[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Sushant Lok-Gurgaon-NGT-Judgment-July4-2022.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/housing-construction
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/environment-clearance-ec
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gurgaon-t
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/haryana
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/national-green-tribunal-ngt
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/court
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation