Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: AKASH VASHISHTHA July 25, 2018 10:29 am Change Font Size Peeved at the state of affairs in the Central and State Pollution Control Boards, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that judicial persons would be the most effective in administering the boards. “Having regard to the statutory schemes of composition of Central Pollution Control Board as well as State Pollution Control Boards under Section 3 and 4 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, we do not find any prohibition for a person with legal and judicial background being at the helm of affairs,” the tribunal has observed. “While the technical functions can be performed by other technically qualified persons, legal and judicial functions like grant of consent, hearing of appeals, taking action for non-compliance can certainly be taken by the person having legal/judicial background,” the NGT has said. … [Read more...] about Centre And States May Appoint Persons With Judicial Background To Pollution Boards: NGT [Read Order]
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SC Stays NGT Directive To Convert All Vehicles Plying At The IGI Airport To CNG Mode [Read Order]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Ashok K.M May 8, 2018 8:06 pm Change Font Size The Supreme Court has stayed National Green Tribunal Directive to convert all non-CNG vehicles plying at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, to CNG mode. The Federation Of Indian Airlines had approached the apex court challenging this directive issued by the NGT. The federation contended that there is no discussion and reasons given in support of this particular directive in the NGT order and that there are different types of vehicles which are deployed at the airport and many of them cannot even be converted into CNG. Considering these submissions, the bench issued notice and stayed that part of the judgment. NGT order Among other directives, the chairperson bench of National Green Tribunal had directed thus: “All the coaches/buses and other vehicles plying at the airport should be CNG and must comply with the prescribed emission standards. Non-CNG buses/coaches or … [Read more...] about SC Stays NGT Directive To Convert All Vehicles Plying At The IGI Airport To CNG Mode [Read Order]
Ten Years Old Diesel Vehicles Shall Not Ply In Delhi, NCR, Non BS-IV Vehicles Not To Be Registered, Holds NGT [Read Order]
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: AKASH VASHISHTHA August 1, 2018 9:50 am Change Font Size Ten years old commercial diesel vehicles shall not ply in the Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has held. New diesel vehicles which are not BS-IV(Bharat Stage emission norms) or which are not needed for essential services (such as Ambulances, Fire services, petroleum, food carriers, sewer cleaning machines and LPG trucks)food shall also not be registered, the tribunal has held. Declining to allow the applications filed for seeking permission to continue the use of ten years old diesel vehicles which are not BS-IV compliant or which are not required for essential services, the tribunal has cited its own order of December 11, 2015 prohibiting registration of new diesel vehicles except ones engaged for essential services pending alternatives being explored. Disposing of four-year-old air pollution case (Vardhaman Kaushik Vs Union … [Read more...] about Ten Years Old Diesel Vehicles Shall Not Ply In Delhi, NCR, Non BS-IV Vehicles Not To Be Registered, Holds NGT [Read Order]
SC Prohibits Plying Of 15-yr Old Petrol, 10-yr Old Diesel Vehicles In NCR
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: PTI October 29, 2018 4:37 pm Change Font Size The Supreme Court on Monday prohibited the plying of 15-yr-old petrol and 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in the national capital region and directed the transport department to announce that such vehicles will be impounded if found plying. The apex court, which described as “very critical” the prevailing situation of pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, said that the list of 15 yr old petrol and 10 year old vehicles be given on the website of Central Pollution Control Board and transport department of NCR. The CPCB will immediately make social media account on which citizens can complain about pollution, the top court ordered. Earlier, the National Green Tribunal had also banned 15-yr-old petrol and 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR. Topics: 15-yr-old petrol and 10-yr-old diesel | Delhi & NCR | Supreme Court Related SC Adjourns Ayodhya Case To January 2019 For … [Read more...] about SC Prohibits Plying Of 15-yr Old Petrol, 10-yr Old Diesel Vehicles In NCR
Two Recent Delaware Decisions Further Illustrate Scope of Section 220 Discovery
Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions demonstrate that narrow statutory standards continue to govern access to corporate books and records pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. In the wake of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Indiana Electrical Workers Pension Trust Fund IBEW, 95 A.3d 1264 (Del. 2014), legitimate questions existed regarding whether the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision might usher in an era of expansive Section 220 discovery. See Michael C. Hefter, Ryan M. Philp & Kate E. Olivieri, Scope of Section 220 Discovery After ‘Wal-Mart’, N.Y. L.J., July 13, 2015, at S8. However, cases following the Wal-Mart decision suggested that the far-reaching access granted in that case was a product of exceptional circumstances that allowed the plaintiffs to leverage unusually strong evidence of officer and director wrongdoing. Id. at S9. Amalgamated Bank, et al. v. Yahoo! Inc. and George Chammas, et al. … [Read more...] about Two Recent Delaware Decisions Further Illustrate Scope of Section 220 Discovery