Society for Protection of Culture Heritage, Environment, Traditions and Promotions of National Awareness (CHETNA) vs The Union of India

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2017 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 18

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
SWATANTER KUMAR, CHAIRPERSON, DR. JAWAD RAHIM, JUDICIAL MEMBER, MR. BIKRAM SINGH SAJWAN, EXPERT MEMBER
Society for Protection of Culture Heritage, Environment, Traditions and Promotions of National Awareness (CHETNA) – Appellant
Versus
The Union of India – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Sanjiv Anand, Ms. Madhumita Singh, Mr. Anil Sood, Mr. Akshay Kapoor, Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Mr. Sanjiv Dagar
For the Respondents: Ms. Panchajanya Batra Singh, Ms. Aanya Shrotriya, Ms. Anjana Gosain, Ms. Shalini Nair, Mr. Sanjeev Ralli, Mr. Dinesh Jindal, Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Mr. Chaitanya Puri, Mr. Abhishek Sharma, Mr. Raj Kumar, Mr. Bhupender Kumar, Mr. B.V. Niren, Mr. Prasouk Jain, Mr. Vinyak Gupta, Ms. Alpana Podder, Mr. Priyadarsh Gopal, Mr. A. W. Siddin, Mr. A. K. Prasad, Mr. Rameeza Hakeem, Mr. Alpha Phiris Dayal, Mr. Atul Nanda, Mr. Aayush Juneja, Mr. Anuj Aggrawal, Mr. Yash Srivastava, Mr. Rajat Barar, Mr. Divya Prakash Pande, Mr. Atul Chandra

JUDGMENT/ORDER

PRESENT: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SWATANTER KUMAR (CHAIRPERSON) HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE JAWAD RAHIM (JUDICIAL MEMBER) HON’BLE MR. BIKRAM SINGH SAJWAN (EXPERT MEMBER) Reserved on: 20 th November, 2017 Pronounced on: 24 th November, 2017

1. Whether the judgment is allowed to be published on the net?

2. Whether the judgment is allowed to be published in the NGT Reporter?

JUSTICE SWATANTER KUMAR (CHAIRPERSON)

By this common order, we shall dispose of the above four cases mentioned in the Appeal No. 60 of 2013, as common questions of law based on somewhat similar facts arise for consideration of the Tribunal in these cases. The Appellant/Applicant in all these appeal/applications had approached the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi by invoking Article 226 of the Constitution of India in the year 2009 and all these writ petitions came to be transferred to this Tribunal vide order dated 16 th April, 2013 passed by the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi in terms of the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the case of Bhopal Gas Peedith Mahila Udyog Sangathan & Ors. vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 9 th August, 2012.

Upon transfer, the writ petitions were renumbered as

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