Akash Vashishtha vs Union Of India - 2017 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 3

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2017 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 3

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
Dr. Jawad Rahim, Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee, JJ
Akash Vashishtha – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Rishi Sehgal, Ms. Nidhi Bhawania
For the Respondents: Dr. Abhishek Atrey, Ms. Megha Tyagi, Ms. Deepshikha Bharthi, Mr. Aviral Saxena, Mr. Ram Prakash, Mr. Pradeep Misra, Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Mr. Utkarsh Sharma, Mr. Ravindra Kumar, Mr. B.V. Niren, Mr. Vinayak Gupta, Mr. Sunil Kumar Sharma, Mr. Raman Yadav, Mr. A.R. Takkar, Mr. Amarjeet Kumar, Mr. Vineet Kumar, Mr. V.N. Koura, Ms. Angeli Dayal, Mr. Anupam Roy

Table of Content
1. environmental clearances and construction (Para 1 , 5 , 15)
2. encroachment on wetlands (Para 2 , 3 , 4)
3. ecological assessment and mitigation (Para 6 , 10 , 19)
4. sustainable development principles (Para 8)

JUDGMENT

PRESENT: Hon’ble Dr. Justice Jawad Rahim (Judicial Member) Hon’ble Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee (Expert Member) Reserved on: 26 th July 2017 Pronounced on: 12 th September 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?

Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee, (Expert Member)

1. This petition has been instituted under Section 14 , 15 and 18 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 . M/s Akash Vashistha and Vikrant Tongad are the applicants and have impleaded an array of Respondents, mainly Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India (Respondent No. 1), State of U.P. (Respondent No. 2), Uttam Steel & Associates (Consortium) (Respondent No. 6) and Shiv Nadar University (Respondent No. 7).

2. There are a number of prayers, primarily seeking directions that the Government/Competent Authorities be directed to declare the Beel (Water Body) Akbarpur habi

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2017 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 3

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)Dr. Jawad Rahim, Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee, JJAkash Vashishtha – AppellantVersusUnion Of India – Respondent

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
Dr. Jawad Rahim, Mr. Ranjan Chatterjee, JJ
Akash Vashishtha – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent