National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010

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Act ID:	201019
Act Number:	19
Enactment Date:	2010-06-02
Act Year:	2010
Short Title:	The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
Long Title:	An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Green Tribunal for the effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Ministry:	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Enforcement Date:	18-10-2010
Notification:	18th October, 2010, vide notification No. S.O 2569(E), dated 18th October, 2010, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).


Schedule 1. SCHEDULE I. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 2. SCHEDULE II. Order Appendix Forms
Schedule 3. SCHEDULE III Order Appendix Forms

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER II

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRIBUNAL

CHAPTER III

JURISDICTION, POWERS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE TRIBUNAL

CHAPTER IV

PENALTY

CHAPTER V

MISCELLANEOUS


Section 1. Short title and commencement.
Section 2. Definitions.
Section 3. Establishment of Tribunal. Show Related Subordinates
Section 4. Composition of Tribunal. Show Related Subordinates
Section 5. Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson, Judicial Member and Expert Member.
Section 6. Appointment of Chairperson, Judicial Member and Expert Member. Show Related Subordinates
Section 7. Term of office and other conditions of service of Chairperson, Judicial Member and Expert Member. Show Related Subordinates
Section 8. Resignation.
Section 9. Salaries, allowances and other terms and conditions of service.
Section 10. Removal and suspension of Chairperson, Judicial Member and Expert Member.
Section 10A. Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairperson, Judicial Member and Expert Member.
Section 11. To act as Chairperson of Tribunal or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances. Show Related Subordinates
Section 12. Staff of Tribunal. Show Related Subordinates
Section 13. Financial and administrative powers of Chairperson. Show Related Subordinates
Section 14. Tribunal to settle disputes.
Section 15. Relief, compensation and restitution.
Section 16. Tribunal to have appellate jurisdiction.
Section 17. Liability to pay relief or compensation in certain cases.
Section 18. Application or appeal to Tribunal.
Section 19. Procedure and powers of Tribunal.
Section 20. Tribunal to apply certain principles.
Section 21. Decision to be taken by majority.
Section 22. Appeal to Supreme Court.
Section 23. Cost.
Section 24. Deposit of amount payable for damage to environment.
Section 25. Execution of award or order or decision of Tribunal.
Section 26. Penalty for failure to comply with orders of Tribunal.
Section 27. Offences by companies.
Section 28. Offences by Government Department.
Section 29. Bar of jurisdiction.
Section 30. Cognizance of offences. Show Related Subordinates
Section 31. Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants.
Section 32. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 33. Act to have overriding effect.
Section 34. Power to amend Schedule I.
Section 35. Power to make rules. Show Related Subordinates
Section 36. Amendment of certain enactments.
Section 37. Power to remove difficulties.
Section 38. Repeal and savings.

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Year	Description	Files
26-11-2010	GSR 927 (E), dated 26/11/2010 - National Green Tribunal (Manner of Appointment of Judicial and Expert Members Salaries, Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and other Members and Procedure for Inquiry) Rules, 2010.
04-04-2011	GSR 296 (E), dated 04/04/2011 - NGT (Practice and Procedure) Rules, 2011.
04-04-2011	GSR 295 (E), dated 04/04/2011 - NGT (Financial and Administrative Powers), Rules, 2011.
17-06-2011	GSR 458 (E), dated 17/06/2011 - National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and other Employees) Rules, 2011
11-06-2012	GSR 440 (E), dated 11/06/2012 - National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and other Employees) Amendment Rules, 2012
11-07-2012	GSR 556 (E), dated 11/07/2012 - National Green Tribunal (Manner of Appointment of Judicial and Expert Members, Salaries, Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and other Members and Procedure for Enquiry) Amendment Rules, 2012.
17-04-2013	GSR 260 (E), dated 17/04/2013 - National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and Other Employees) (Amendment) Rules, 2013.
16-12-2015	S.O. 3438(E) [16-12-2015] : Notification under Section 30 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
21-04-2016	GSR 437(E), dated 21/04/2016 - National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and other Employees) (Amendment)Rules, 2016
05-05-2016	GSR 484(E), dated 05/05/2016 - National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and other Employees) (Amendment)Rules, 2016
02-11-2017	G.S.R 1362(E) dated 02/11/2017: The National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and other Employees) Amendment Rules, 2017
01-12-2017	G.S.R. 1473(E) National Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2017
26-06-2018	National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Senior Accountant) Rules 2018
22-02-2019	National Green Tribunal (Recruitment, Salaries and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Officers and other Employees) Amendment Rules, 2019

Year	Description	Files
18-10-2010	S.O. 2569 (E), dated 18/10/2010 - Appointment of Shri Justice L.S. Panta, Former Judge of the Supreme Court as Chairperson of the NGT
05-05-2011	S.O. 1003(E), dated 05/05/2011 - Specifying Delhi as the ordinary place of sitting of the National Green Tribunal.
05-05-2011	S.O. 1004(E) and S.O. 1005(E), dated 05/05/2011 - Appointment of Expert Members & Judicial Members in the National Green Tribunal.
01-06-2011	Corrigendum S.O. 1254(E), dated 01/06/2011 to S.O. 1004(E), dated 05/05/2011 and Corrigendum S.O. 1255(E) dated 01/06/2011 to S.O. 1005(E), dated 05/05/2011 - Appointment of Expert Members & Judicial Members in the National Green Tribunal
17-08-2011	S.O. 1908 (E), [17/08/2011] - Various ordinary places of sitting of the Natiional Green Tribunal including the territorial jurisdiction
31-12-2011	S.O. 2927(E), dated 31/12/2011 - Appointment of Mr. A. Suryanarayan Naidu, Judicial Member, National Green Tribunal as Chairperson of the NGT.
04-05-2012	S.O. 1018(E) & S.O. 1019(E), dated 04/05/2012 - Appointment of Shri Justice Chockalingam and Shri Justice Amit Talukdar as Judicial Members of National Green Tribunal.
01-08-2012	S.O. 1734 (E), dated 01/08/2012 - Appointment of Shri Justice Vikas Ramchandra Kingaonkar, former judge of High Court of Bombay, as the Judicial Member of the National Green Tribunal
16-11-2012	S.O. 2746(E), dated 16/11/2012 - Appointment of Shri Pramod Chandra Mishra and Shri P. Satyanarayana Rao as Expert Members of National Green Tribunal.
04-12-2012	S.O. 2817(E), dated 04/12/2012 - Appointment of Shri A. R. Yousuf as Expert Member of National Green Tribunal.
20-12-2012	S.O. 2967(E), dated 20/12/2012 - Appointment of Shri Justice Sawatantar Kumar as Chairperson of National Green Tribunal.
24-12-2012	S.O. 3006(E), dated 24/12/2012 - Appointment of Shri Justice P. Jyothimani as Judicial Member of National Green Tribunal.
01-01-2013	S.O. 6(E), dated 01/01/2013 - In notification S.O. 2967(E), dtd. 20.12.2012, for the words "Shri Justice Sawatantar Kumar, Former Judge of the Supreme Court" read "Shri Justice Sawatantar Kumar, sitting Judge of the Supreme Court"
02-01-2013	S.O. 32(E), dated 02/01/2013 - Appointment of Shri Ranjan Chatterjee as Expert Member of the National Green Tribunal.
23-01-2013	S.O. 241 (E), dated 23/01/2013 - Appointment of Shri Bikram Singh Sajwan as Expert Member of the National Green Tribunal.
14-02-2013	S.O. 367 (E), dated 14/02/2013 - Appointment of Shri Ramesh Chandra Trivedi as Expert Member of the National Green Tribunal.
19-03-2013	S.O. 775 (E), dated 19/03/2013 - Appointment of Shri Ajay Achyutrao Deshpande as Expert Member of the National Green Tribunal
24-07-2013	S.O. 2276 (E) & S.O. 2277, dated 24/07/2013 - Appointment of Shri Justice S. Nayer Hussain and Shri Justice Dalip Singh as the Judicial Members of the National Green Tribunal.
13-08-2013	Order dated 13.08.2013 - Pune as the ordinary place of sitting of the NGT Western Zone Bench; Western Zone Bench of the NGT to deal with the cases relating to the Western Zone at Pune w.e.f. 25th of August, 2013
13-08-2013	Order dated 13.08.2013 - Transfer of cases under the jurisdiction of Western Zone of the NGT to the NGT, Western Zone Bench at Pune w.e.f. 25th of August, 2013
11-10-2013	S.O. 3092(E), dated 11.10.2013 - Shri Justice Melath Sasidharan Nambiar, former Judge of Kerala High Court, as the Judicial Member of the National Green Tribunal w.e.f 9th of October, 2013
18-11-2013	SO 3444 (E), dated 18.11.13 - Apointment of Shri Justice Umesh Dattatraya Salvi, Judge of Bombay High Court, as the Judicial Member of the NGT w.e.f 14.02.2013 for a period of 5 years
15-03-2016	Appointment of Judicial Member and Expert Member in the NGT
21-04-2017	Corrigendum to Dr. Nagin Nanda of the National Green Tribunal.
24-08-2017	S.O. 967(E), dated [24/08/2017] - Appointment of Dr. Nagin Nanda as Expert Member of the National Green Tribunal.
24-08-2017	S.O. 2582 (E), [24/08/2017] - Various ordinary places of sitting of the Natiional Green Tribunal including the territorial jurisdiction.
21-12-2017	S.O.3936(E), dated[21/12/2017]-The Powers Conferred by Section 11 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010(19 of 2010), the Central Government hereby authorises Mr. Justice Umesh Dattatraya Salvi, Judicial Member, NGT to Act as Chairperson, NGT
06-07-2018	S.O.3325(E)06/07/2018Appointment of Justice Shri Adarsh Kumar Goel as Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal
31-01-2019	S.O. 565(E), dated 31.01.2019 - Justice Shri K. Ramakrishnan, former Judge of High Court of Kerala , as the Judicial Member of the National Green Tribunal w.e.f 19th November, 2018