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 Green tribunal suspends environment clearance of Scania sponge iron plant in Raigarh

Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held The National Green Tribunal has suspended the environment clearance granted to the sponge iron plant of Scania Steel and Power Ltd in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) had granted environment clearance to the project in 2008 even though the mandatory public hearing was not held for it.

Publication Date: 
16/02/2012
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava
Down to Earth
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Raigarh (D), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Iron And Steel Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Air Quality Standards, Noise Pollution, Groundwater Quality, Chhattisgarh, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Can National Green Tribunal look into Lavasa?

The Bombay High Court has said it will decide whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act of 2010 can be used to adjudicate alleged irregularities by the Lavasa township.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2011
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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High Court, Environment, Bombay, Lavasa Corporation, Housing Construction, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Environment Act 1986, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Housing, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

First sitting of National Green Tribunal to be held on July 4

There is good news on the environment front for Green warriors.

Publication Date: 
08/06/2011
Pioneer (New Dehi)
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Environment, Supreme Court, Delhi, Chennai (D), Kolkata, Bhopal, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

The elusive green tribunal

Happy anniversary to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)! April 2011 saw the completion of the first year of the ministry's promise to ensure green justice for one and all.

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Publication Date: 
01/05/2011
Kanchi Kohli
Civil Society
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Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment, India, Legislation, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

No-go tribunal: the National Green Tribunal remains on paper

For all its visible activism, it is not clear why the Union environment ministry has remained slow in activating the National Green Tribunal (NGT) which came into being in October 2010. No appointments have been made to the NGT after Parliament passed the NGT Act last October. The ministry has also not yet framed the rules under the Act.

Publication Date: 
01/02/2011
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Environment Appellate Authority Act 1997, Compensation, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Petition seeks to declare National Green Tribunal Act unconstitutional

CHENNAI: A student of the School of Excellence in Law has filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court seeking to declare the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Act 2010 as unconstitutional.

In his public interest litigation petition, M. Naveen Kumar, studying B.A., B.L. (Hons) course here, said that the Act received Presidential assent on June 2 this year.

Publication Date: 
31/12/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Legislation, National Environment Appellate Authority Act 1997, Environment, High Court, Tamil Nadu, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Forests

Concern over National Green Tribunal Act

Publication Date: 
20/10/2010
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
Tags:
Environment, Forest Act, Forest Conservation, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Thiruvananathapuram (T), Kerala, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

The National Green Tribunal Act 2010 approved by the President of India on June 2, 2010. It provides for establishment of National Green Tribunal- a special fast-track court for speedy disposal of environment-related civil cases.

Publication Date: 
03/06/2010
Ministry of Law and Justice
Tags:
Environment, Water Cess Act 1977, Forest Conservation, Forest Act 1980, Air Act 1981, Industrial Disasters, Bhopal Gas Disaster, Legislation, Environment Act 1986, India, Water Act 1974, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

National Green Tribunal Bill passed in Lok Sabha

New Delhi: The long-pending National Green Tribunal (NGT) Bill was passed in Lok Sabha after environment minister Jairam Ramesh accepted some key amendments to the proposed legislation that parliamentarians cutting across party lines had suggested.

Publication Date: 
03/05/2010
Nitin SethI
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Compensation, Legislation, Parliament, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, National Green Tribunal (NGT)
Environment

Coming soon: National green tribunal

Special courts to try forest cases

A National Green Tribunal that would have special courts to try cases related to environment and forest, would be set up once Parliament gives its nod, Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Friday.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2010
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment, Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), India, Madhya Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT)

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