Tag: NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL

Delhi Tree Cutting: NGT steps in, issues notice to center

| Sanjay Kumar

The National Green Tribunal, India’s top most environmental court, has issued notices to the central government, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation and the Delhi Development authority in a case filed by an NGO against the move to cut about 15,000 trees in residential areas. The issuing of notice indicates that the tribunal is seized of […]

No new plans to modify National Green Tribunal – Govt

| Sreejiraj Eluvangal

The BJP-led government at the center has said that it has no further plans to amend the powers or constitution of the National Green Tribunal, the quasi-judicial body set up by the previous UPA government for protecting the environment. “There is no amendment proposed in the Constitution and functions of the National Green Tribunal,” Mahesh […]