6 years, 5 months ago

SC Stays NGT Judgment Approving Char Dham Project [Read Order]

The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the judgment of the National Green Tribunal which approved the "Char Dham Highway project" in Uttarakhand.The SC bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Abdul Nazeer passed the stay order in an application filed by an NGO, 'Citizens for Green Doon' and few other local residents, who alleged unfairness and lack of propriety on the part of NGT. The SC bench of Justice Rohinton Nariman and Justice Abdul Nazeer passed the stay order in an application filed by an NGO, 'Citizens for Green Doon' and few other local residents, who alleged unfairness and lack of propriety on the part of NGT in dealing with the Original Application filed by them. Accepting the submission, the SC bench headed by Justice Nariman observed on August 27 : "Since the matter appear to be a complex one and has been heard over several days, we take it that the rehearing will only be on some final aspects" The SC bench disposed of the matter, requesting the NGT Chairman to allocate the case to the same bench which heard the matter. On September 26, the bench headed by Justice Goel passed final judgment, permitting the execution of Char Dham project.

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