The Court pulled up the NGT for simply accepting the advice of an expert committee in a case and not giving a hearing to the petitioners, thereby violating the principles of natural justice
The National Green Tribunal has directed the Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee, the Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to look into illegal dyeing units in the Capital. The Tribunal has also asked them to jointly file an action-taken report on the compliance status in respect of the units named in the application filed before it
The Ludhiana gas leak shows the need for safety systems. Under the Supreme Court’s idea of absolute liability, hazardous industries must pay compensation regardless of whether a disaster was caused by its fault.