Answer to Question #269636 in Law for Somya Malhotra

Question

Please give two (2) judgments/orders where the National Green Tribunal has enforced rights or passed directions relating to protection of environment. ( Consider Indian Law & Air or chemical Waste example)

Answer 1

i.

Case number O.A. No. 407/2017 involving Sarvadaman Singh Oberoi versus State of Haryana & Ors. The Tribunal held that the stand of the Haryana government, which is upheld by MoEF & CC, that the 52-acre land in question in Faridabad where a residential complex is proposed is ‘non-forest land’ for purposes of Forest (Conservation Act), 1980 is untenable in law.

ii.

Case number involving Rajendra Kumar Goel versus Ministry of Environment & Forests & Ors. The Tribunal ordered the Haryana Pollution Control Board to prosecute, recover damages and ensure compliance to waste management, installation of harvesting system of rainwater, recharge system of groundwater, and closing the swimming pool operating illegally.