Hardeep Sharma vs Ramash Chand Aarya - 2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 4327

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 4327

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
Sudhir Agarwal, Judicial Member, Afroz Ahmad, Expert Member
Hardeep Sharma – Appellant
Versus
Ramash Chand Aarya – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: None
For the Respondents: Mr. Deepak Bora, Mr. Mukesh Verma, Ms. Vatsala Tripathi, Mr. Pinaki Misra, Mr. Siddharth Arora, Mr. Gaurav Kumar

Table of Content
1. illegal tree felling exceeds permitted limits (Para 1 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23)
2. permission process and inspections for tree cutting (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19)
3. official reports confirm illegal tree felling (Para 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 31)
4. respondent denies responsibility via land transfers (Para 29 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35)
5. distinction between penalty and environmental compensation (Para 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42)
6. polluter pays principle in environmental jurisprudence (Para 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50)
7. environmental damage from illegal tree felling (Para 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58)
8. uppt act regulates non-forest tree felling (Para 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82)
9. ukpcb to assess and recover environmental compensation (Para 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90)

ORDER

1. This Original Application (hereinafter referred to as ‘OA’) was registered on a complaint made by Hardeep Sharma, Rashtriya Maha Sachiv, Jai Maa Bharti, Samajik, Hanuman Nagar, Fasiyapur, Dariyal Road, Kashipur, District Udham Si