• TOP NEWS
  • CITY & TOWNS
  • LOCAL
  • BUSINESS
  • NATION
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • ON HERITAGE
    • CREATIVE BEATS
    • INTERALIA
    • WIDE ANGLE
    • OTHER VIEW
    • ART SPACE
  • Photo Gallery
  • CARTOON
  • EPAPER
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Kashmir Images - Latest News Update
Epaper
  • TOP NEWS
  • CITY & TOWNS
  • LOCAL
  • BUSINESS
  • NATION
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • ON HERITAGE
    • CREATIVE BEATS
    • INTERALIA
    • WIDE ANGLE
    • OTHER VIEW
    • ART SPACE
  • Photo Gallery
  • CARTOON
  • EPAPER
No Result
View All Result
Kashmir Images - Latest News Update
No Result
View All Result
Home NATION

SC to decide if NGT has power to take cognisance of issues on its own

Press Trust of india by Press Trust of india
July 13, 2019
in NATION
0
Judicial activism

New Delhi, Jul 12:  The Supreme Court Friday agreed to examine a legal question whether the National Green Tribunal (NGT), established in 2010 to deal with cases pertaining to environmental issues, has the power to take cognisance of a matter on its own.

A bench of Justices S A Bobde and B R Gavai said it would decide the issue when the question regarding NGT’s power to take suo motu (on its own) cognisance was raised before it.

Related posts

Campaigning ends in Udhampur Lok Sabha seat

BJP highlights achievements of Modi govt’s Digital India initiative, slams Cong

July 1, 2025
Will ask PAC to call AG, CAG to know when was CAG report on Rafale tabled in Parl: Kharge

Unfulfilled promises, digital exclusion of marginalised: Cong on Digital India completing 10 years

July 1, 2025

Additional Solicitor General A N S Nadkarni, appearing in the matter, told the bench that NGT does not have the power to take suo motu cognisance.

“Has the issue of suo motu power (of NGT) been decided?,” the bench asked, adding, “A tribunal dealing with issues of environmental degradation should have the power to take suo motu cognisance”.

Nadkarni told the court that only constitutional courts — the Supreme Court and High Courts — have the power to take suo motu cognisance and a tribunal cannot exercise this power.

“NGT did not have the jurisdiction to take suo motu cognisance. Where is the power of suo motu in the NGT Act? There is no power of suo motu,” he said, adding that NGT can act or decide a matter only if it is filed before the tribunal by someone.

During the hearing, the bench observed, “There should be power of suo motu with the environmental tribunal. We would like to hear this issue.”

The bench appointed senior advocate Anand Grover as an amicus curiae to assist it in the matter and posted it for hearing on August 6.

Nadkarni was appearing in a matter in which the NGT had taken suo motu cognisance on the issue pertaining to solid waste management in Maharashtra and imposed cost of Rs 5 crore on the municipal corporation.

He told the bench that Bombay High Court was already monitoring the issue of solid waste management in Maharashtra and the NGT should not have taken suo motu cognisance in the matter.

Previous Post

Russian S-400 defence systems arrive in Turkey

Next Post

Ensure compliance with June 26 order: DC Srinagar to private schools association

Next Post
Ensure compliance with June 26 order: DC Srinagar to private schools association

Ensure compliance with June 26 order: DC Srinagar to private schools association

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ePaper

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Our team
  • Terms of Service
E-Mailus: [email protected]

© 2024 Kashmir Images - Designed by GITS.

No Result
View All Result
  • TOP NEWS
  • CITY & TOWNS
  • LOCAL
  • BUSINESS
  • NATION
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • ON HERITAGE
    • CREATIVE BEATS
    • INTERALIA
    • WIDE ANGLE
    • OTHER VIEW
    • ART SPACE
  • Photo Gallery
  • CARTOON
  • EPAPER

© 2024 Kashmir Images - Designed by GITS.