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National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice in India

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Title National Green Tribunal and Environmental Justice in India
 
Creator Patra, Swapan Kumar
Krishna, V. V.
 
Subject National Green Tribunal
NGT Act
Environmental Justice
India
 
Description 445-453
Government of India has formed
National Green Tribunal (NGT) during the year 2010. NGT is a ‘quasi-judicial’ body
exclusively deals with the environment related civil litigations.  Before NGT has evolved, there were two
previous efforts to establish green courts in India. These were National Environment Tribunal
Act, of 1995 (NETA) and National Environment Appellate Authority Act, of 1997
(NEAA). However, the most effective environment court in the form of NGT has
come into reality in 2010. After its establishment, NGT has settled many
environmental issues and has got overwhelm response from different corners. This
study conducted an empirical analysis of NGT judgments since its inception in October
2010 to December 2013. It analyzes the impact of NGT, the locations of
conflicts. Special emphasis is given to the Coastal Zone management related
conflicts settled in NGT. Although there many limitations in NGT act and its
procedures, it can be viewed as a positive step towards the environmental justice
in India.
 
Date 2016-07-06T10:05:12Z
2016-07-06T10:05:12Z
2015-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/34715
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.44(04) [April 2015]