Ashwani Kumar Dubey vs Union of India - 2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 4405

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 4405

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CJ, ARUN KUMAR TYAGI, J, DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, ACJ, DR. AFROZ AHMAD, ACJ
Ashwani Kumar Dubey – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Chetan Sharma, Mr. Kaustubh Anshuraj, Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Mr. Sanjay Jain, Mr. Adarsh Tripathi, Mr. Uttam Kumar Mandal, Mr. Vikram S. Baid, Mr. Rajat Jariwal, Ms. Prerna Singh, Mr. Pukhrambam Ramesh Kumar, Ms. Rajkumari Divyasana, Mr. Shubham Bhalla, Ms. Ragini Sharma, Mr. Balendu Shekhar, Ms. Tanisha Samantra, Mr. Debarshi Bhadra, Mr. Ankit Verma, Mr. Pradeep Misra, Mr. Daleep Dhyani, Mr. Rahul Khurana, Mr. Raj Kumar, Mr. Raghav Sharma, Mr. Avijit Roy, Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, Ms. Amlaan Kumar, Mr. Dhananjay Baijal, Mr. Arnab Ray, Ms. K. Enatoli Sema, Mr. Prang Newmai, Mr. Kumar Anurag Singh, Mr. Dev Aarya, Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, Ms. Laxmi, Mr. Nishe Rajen Shonker, Mr. Jogy Scaria, Mr. Aaditya Vijaykumar, Ms. Puja Kalra, Mr. Darpan KM, Mr. Rajat Jonathan Shaw, Mr. Mukesh Verma, Ms. Vatsala Tripathi, Mr. Ashish Prasad, Ms. Pruthvi Dhinoja, Ms. Hasnat Nazki
For the Respondents:[No specific names indicated for respondents]

Table of Content
1. natural justice principles must be complied with. (Para 1 , 2)
2. multiple applications concerning environmental regulations filed. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
3. re-examination of emission standards is necessary. (Para 9 , 10 , 11)
4. monitor government compliance with orders. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15)

ORDER

1. Tribunal by order dated 18.01.2022 had disposed of the OA 164/2018, OA 194/2020, OA 94/2020, OA 148/2020, OA 107/2020, OA 117/2014, OA 499/2014 and OA 102/2014. The order of the Tribunal dated 18.01.2022 was subject matter of challenge before the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeals No. 3856/2022, 4529/2022, 4525/2022 and 4581/2022, mainly on the ground of non-compliance of principles of ‘Natural Justice’. Hon’ble Supreme Court by order dated 05.07.2023 has allowed the appeals and remanded the matter by setting aside the order of the Tribunal dated 18.01.2022 and by observing as under:-

“18. We have perused the impugned order of the NGT and particularly paragraph ‘16’ which has been extracted above. It is apparent that the appellant(s) herein who were respondents before the NGT were not given an opportunity to file their objections to the recommendations made

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2024 Supreme(Online)(NGT) 4405

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CJ, ARUN KUMAR TYAGI, J, DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, ACJ, DR. AFROZ AHMAD, ACJAshwani Kumar Dubey – AppellantVersusUnion of India – Respondent

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL NEW DELHI (PRINCIPAL BENCH)
PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CJ, ARUN KUMAR TYAGI, J, DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, ACJ, DR. AFROZ AHMAD, ACJ
Ashwani Kumar Dubey – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent