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The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Oil India Limited (OIL) to deposit an initial amount of Rs. 25 crores with the District Magistrate, Tinsukia District, Assam regarding the Assam oil well fire.
The Tribunal passed the order in two...
The National Green Tribunal declined to consider a petition; seeking implementation of the Centre’s contingency plan to combat the impending locust attack. “The applicants acknowledge that there is a contingency plan. There is nothing to show that the concerned...
A judicial Member of the NCLT approached the Delhi High Court with a petition seeking a status quo on a transfer order. If effectuated, the Petitioner, Rajasekhar VK, would be transferred from the Mumbai Bench to the Kolkata Bench....
The Apex Court allowed Cyrus Mistry's cross-action appeal against NCLAT's decision on May 29, 2020. Explicitly, the judgement had reinstated Mistry to his post of Executive Chairman of Tata Group. Via this appeal, Mistry sought expansive relief against the...
On May 26, 2020, the Supreme Court consented 30 employees from LG Polymers to assess the chemical plant in Vizag, where the horrific Gas Leak incident took place on May 7, 2020. The incident left several people dead and...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) issued a notice on May 23, 2020. The notice informs about one of the officers, who tested positive for COVID-19; posted at the General Administrative Section of the National Green Tribunal, Bench in New...
The Supreme Court on May 19 refused to issue notice in a plea filed by LG Polymers. The petition challenged the order of the NGT on the Vizag Gas Leak. The National Green Tribunal had ordered the company to...
The National Company Law Tribunal issued an order mandating that any application filed by a financial creditor under Section 7 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has to be accompanied by a default record from an information utility. Moreover, the...
In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court notified relaxation in the dress code; for lawyers appearing before the court via video conferencing. Earlier today Chief Justice of India hinted at Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal that instructions would...
In a suo moto case against the fateful incident of a chemical gas leak at Vizag, the National Green Tribunal constituted a five-member Committee to inspect the site and submit a report to it within ten days. The NGT...
The National Green Tribunal ordered that a high-level task team should supervise the handling and disposal of COVID-19 waste. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the Chief Secretary of States and Union Territories; to closely...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) decided to suspend its summer break this year through a notification. The Summer break was scheduled for the entire month of June, like every other year. The NGT, however, considering the national lockdown issued...