New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today issued contempt notice to the Art of Living foundation's Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on a plea against him for blaming the Centre and the panel for damaging Yamuna floodplains by allowing his NGO to hold a cultural extravaganza.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Ravi Shankar while seeking his reply before May 9, the next date of hearing.
A statement issued by the AOL later in the day insisted that the tribunal had not issued the contempt notice but had verbally reprimanded Mr Misra. "Today, no contempt notice whatsoever has been issued by the NGT to the Art of Living... The matter has simply been adjourned until 9 May," the statement said. "We respect the judiciary and have faith that truth shall prevail," it said.
In a statement published on the AOL's website earlier, Ravi Shankar had blamed the government and the NGT for permitting AOL to hold the function and said his foundation had obtained all necessary permissions, including from the green panel, and the event could have been stopped in the beginning itself if the river was so "fragile and pure".
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar issued notice to Ravi Shankar while seeking his reply before May 9, the next date of hearing.
A statement issued by the AOL later in the day insisted that the tribunal had not issued the contempt notice but had verbally reprimanded Mr Misra. "Today, no contempt notice whatsoever has been issued by the NGT to the Art of Living... The matter has simply been adjourned until 9 May," the statement said. "We respect the judiciary and have faith that truth shall prevail," it said.
In a statement published on the AOL's website earlier, Ravi Shankar had blamed the government and the NGT for permitting AOL to hold the function and said his foundation had obtained all necessary permissions, including from the green panel, and the event could have been stopped in the beginning itself if the river was so "fragile and pure".
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