NGT | Eastern Zone Bench Pronounces Landmark Judgments in Five Cases
NGT's Multi-Faceted Rulings: Legal Action in Sundergarh Water Body Case, Directives Against Inapt Waste Disposal, and Verdict on Cluttered Issue of Acid Polishing/Plating Workshop in Residential Area
On the 4th of March 2024, the NGT Eastern Zone Bench of Justice B. Amit Sthalekar, Judicial Member and Dr. Arun Kumar Verma, Expert Member pronounced Judgments in 5 cases. All the judgments were reserved between 8th and 12th February 2024.
The Judgments were on MA No. 21/2023/EZ, OA No. 62/2023/EZ, OA No. 80/2023/EZ, OA No. 96/2023/EZ and OA No. 113/2023/EZ.
Enviro Annotations has given two separate news reports on OA No. 80/2023/EZ, and OA No. 113/2023/EZ.
The Miscellaneous Application (MA) No.21/2023/EZ in Original Application (OA) No. 115/2021/EZ, a matter of the Tribunal on its own motion versus Union of India, Ministry of Jal Shakti, regarding Illegal filling of Water Body in Sundergarh, Odisha. The Tribunal's order dated 8th April 2022 in Original Application No.115/2021/EZ directed the Collector, Sundargarh, to recover and restore a 0.615-acre land as a water body, part of the Bijuli Bandh. The Collector, assisted by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board, was instructed to determine Environmental Compensation and the cost of restoration by 30th August 2022.