National Green Tribunal: Drifting Singularity

Abstract

National Green Tribunal established under National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 for the expeditious, effective, and speedy justice in environmental cases, made tremendous changes in the field of environmental justice. It reduced the procedural complexities manifesting green light to the citizens to approach the benches for their environmental concerns. During the bygone eight years a number of noteworthy environment friendly decisions can be pointed out. The paper deals with case analysis of National Green Tribunal compared with earlier Supreme Court decisions. Within the short span of time, the NGT decisions are eye-catching for their drastic rulings in favour of environment. Environmental protection and climate change go hand in hand and environmental protection becomes a necessary condition for controlling the climate change where the role of NGT is crucial.