Supreme Court of India

Citizens for Green Doon v. Union of India and Others

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Reported as [2021] 11 S.C.R. 968
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, Surya Kant and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 16 November 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reason, we allow the appeals and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the Tribunal dated 6 October 2021, and restore Original Application No 240 of 2021 to the file of the Tribunal for a decision afresh.

Judgment, page 16

From the headnote

National Green Tribunal Act 2010: s.14, s.16 – Appellant had earlier moved a petition under Art.32 of the Constitution to cha llenge the Stage-I Forest Clearances (FC) – This Court had b y its order reserved the liberty of the appellants to adopt app ropriate proceedings by moving the National Green Tribunal t o challenge the Stage-I Forest Clearances – Appellant filed O. . before the Tribunal invoking its jurisdiction under s.14(1) of the NGT Act – Tribunal declined to entertain challenge, primarily on the ground that the appellants had attempted to ‘circumvent’ i ts appellate jurisdiction

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