Environmental Law

National Green Tribunal (NGT): Environmental Disputes, Remedies, Limitation and Legal Proceedings

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) provides a specialised forum for environmental disputes involving pollution, environmental clearance, ecological damage and environmental restoration. This article explains who can approach the NGT, limitation periods, compensation, restoration, the Polluter Pays and Precautionary Principles, challenges to Environmental Clearance, remedies against Pollution Control Board decisions, and the circumstances in which an individual resident can bring an environmental case.