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Use Multilevel Facility: Green Court Bans Parking In Sarojini Nagar Market
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned parking in the Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market and said anyone found doing so would be liable to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. The environmental compensation of Rs 5,000 would be in addition to the fine mentioned under the Motor Vehicles Act, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.
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Install Rainwater Harvesting System In Two Months Or Pay Rs 5 Lakh Fine: NGT To Delhi Schools, Colleges
A bench headed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all schools as well as colleges in capital city to install rainwater harvesting systems in their premises within two months at their own cost.
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NGT Asks Authorities To Discourage Roadside Parking In Delhi
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the municipal corporations to ensure availability of appropriate parking facilities for cars and discourage road-side parking. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed authorities for not complying with its earlier orders to decongest traffic and asked them t...
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NGT Refuses To Lift Ban On 10-Year-Old Diesel Vehicles In Delhi-NCR
The Green Tribunal has dismissed Centre's plea seeking modification of its ban order on diesel vehicles, arguing that one diesel vehicle causes pollution equal to 24 petrol vehicles and 40 CNG vehicles.
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Bengaluru Lake: Green Panel Tells Officials To Close 76 Polluting Units
The National Green Tribunal has directed authorities to close 76 polluting industrial units around Bengaluru's Bellandur lake. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner and the authorities concerned to ensure immediate disconnection of water and electricity supply to these plants.
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Registration Of Diesel Vehicles: Car Dealers Move Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today agreed to hear a plea seeking modification of its order which said that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi in the wake of alarming pollution levels in the city.
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Truckers' Body Moves Green Tribunal Against Ban on Old Vehicles in Delhi
A Delhi-based truckers' body today moved the National Green Tribunal against the 10-year-old ban on diesel vehicles, seeking directions that fitness and not age should be the only criterion for pulling out the polluting vehicles from the National Capital Region.
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Green Tribunal Seeks Centre's Reply on Contamination of Groundwater in NCR
The National Green Tribunal today sought the government's response from on a plea seeking relocation of a waste treatment plant and landfill site from Aravalli hill area in Gurgaon, claiming it has led to water contamination in the area.
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East Delhi Muncipal Corporation Fined Rs 50,000 For Burning Waste
Irked at non-compliance of its order on burning of waste, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for indiscriminate dumping and burning of municipal solid waste in East Delhi.
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Why Are Your Buses So Noisy, National Green Tribunal Asks Manufacturers
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today asked Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, which supply buses to Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), why these vehicles caused noise pollution on roads and directed them to submit details, including their designs.
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Green Panel Told Use of Polythene Bags Unchecked Despite Ban
The use of polythene bags is going on unabated in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar with traders and residents rampantly using them despite the ban order, the National Green Tribunal was told on Tuesday.
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National Green Tribunal Raps Railways for Failure to Check Littering on Tracks
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Railways for its failure to check littering on tracks near New Delhi railway station, saying "you are creating havoc in the society".
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Build Special Ghats for Religious Items, National Green Tribunal Tells Authorities
The National Green Tribunal has directed Irrigation and Flood Control Department and concerned authorities to build special ghats on the banks of Yamuna where people can immerse idols and other religious offerings which will then be disposed of in a scientific manner.
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Why did law graduate wait to file harassment case, asks Chief Justice
Justice Swatanter Kumar, the former Supreme Court judge accused of sexual harassment, has today asked for five crores in damages from a newspaper and television channels which ran details of the complaint against him and named him.
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Supreme Court to hear sexual harassment case against former judge tomorrow
A former law intern, who accused Justice Swatanter Kumar of sexually harassing her while in office in 2011, moved Supreme Court on Monday seeking an inquiry against the retired judge.
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Use Multilevel Facility: Green Court Bans Parking In Sarojini Nagar Market
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned parking in the Delhi's Sarojini Nagar market and said anyone found doing so would be liable to pay a fine of Rs 5,000. The environmental compensation of Rs 5,000 would be in addition to the fine mentioned under the Motor Vehicles Act, a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.
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Install Rainwater Harvesting System In Two Months Or Pay Rs 5 Lakh Fine: NGT To Delhi Schools, Colleges
A bench headed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all schools as well as colleges in capital city to install rainwater harvesting systems in their premises within two months at their own cost.
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NGT Asks Authorities To Discourage Roadside Parking In Delhi
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government and the municipal corporations to ensure availability of appropriate parking facilities for cars and discourage road-side parking. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed authorities for not complying with its earlier orders to decongest traffic and asked them t...
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NGT Refuses To Lift Ban On 10-Year-Old Diesel Vehicles In Delhi-NCR
The Green Tribunal has dismissed Centre's plea seeking modification of its ban order on diesel vehicles, arguing that one diesel vehicle causes pollution equal to 24 petrol vehicles and 40 CNG vehicles.
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Bengaluru Lake: Green Panel Tells Officials To Close 76 Polluting Units
The National Green Tribunal has directed authorities to close 76 polluting industrial units around Bengaluru's Bellandur lake. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner and the authorities concerned to ensure immediate disconnection of water and electricity supply to these plants.
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Registration Of Diesel Vehicles: Car Dealers Move Green Tribunal
The National Green Tribunal today agreed to hear a plea seeking modification of its order which said that diesel-run vehicles will not be registered in Delhi in the wake of alarming pollution levels in the city.
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Truckers' Body Moves Green Tribunal Against Ban on Old Vehicles in Delhi
A Delhi-based truckers' body today moved the National Green Tribunal against the 10-year-old ban on diesel vehicles, seeking directions that fitness and not age should be the only criterion for pulling out the polluting vehicles from the National Capital Region.
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Green Tribunal Seeks Centre's Reply on Contamination of Groundwater in NCR
The National Green Tribunal today sought the government's response from on a plea seeking relocation of a waste treatment plant and landfill site from Aravalli hill area in Gurgaon, claiming it has led to water contamination in the area.
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East Delhi Muncipal Corporation Fined Rs 50,000 For Burning Waste
Irked at non-compliance of its order on burning of waste, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) for indiscriminate dumping and burning of municipal solid waste in East Delhi.
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Why Are Your Buses So Noisy, National Green Tribunal Asks Manufacturers
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today asked Tata Motors and Ashok Leyland, which supply buses to Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), why these vehicles caused noise pollution on roads and directed them to submit details, including their designs.
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Green Panel Told Use of Polythene Bags Unchecked Despite Ban
The use of polythene bags is going on unabated in the pilgrimage town of Haridwar with traders and residents rampantly using them despite the ban order, the National Green Tribunal was told on Tuesday.
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National Green Tribunal Raps Railways for Failure to Check Littering on Tracks
The National Green Tribunal today pulled up the Railways for its failure to check littering on tracks near New Delhi railway station, saying "you are creating havoc in the society".
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Build Special Ghats for Religious Items, National Green Tribunal Tells Authorities
The National Green Tribunal has directed Irrigation and Flood Control Department and concerned authorities to build special ghats on the banks of Yamuna where people can immerse idols and other religious offerings which will then be disposed of in a scientific manner.
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Why did law graduate wait to file harassment case, asks Chief Justice
Justice Swatanter Kumar, the former Supreme Court judge accused of sexual harassment, has today asked for five crores in damages from a newspaper and television channels which ran details of the complaint against him and named him.
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Supreme Court to hear sexual harassment case against former judge tomorrow
A former law intern, who accused Justice Swatanter Kumar of sexually harassing her while in office in 2011, moved Supreme Court on Monday seeking an inquiry against the retired judge.
