Wildlife conservation and tangible biodiversity threat with special reference to the National Green Tribunal Devi Antendri*, Gurjar Nathu Lal Department of Law, Vivekananda Global University Sisyawas, Sector 36 NRI Road, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India *Corresponding author email id: atendridevi@gmail.com
Online published on 25 August, 2023. Abstract The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is a specialised body that was formed under the NGT Act, 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases that are related to the protection and conservation of the environment, forests, and other natural resources. The Tribunal is responsible for providing a regulating and monitoring solution in instances involving nature conservation, the preservation of animal habitat, and the implementation of any environmental legal rights. The NGT is a ‘quasi-judicial’ organisation that only handles civil lawsuits involving the environment. Prior to this two earlier attempts to build green courts in India before NGT emerged included the 1995 National Environment Tribunal Act (NETA) and the 1997 National Environment Appellate Authority Act (NEAA). Nonetheless, the NGT, the most effective environmental court, became a reality in 2010. Since its founding, the NGT has resolved several Environmental, and nature conservation challenges and has received overwhelmingly positive feedback from all directions. In the present work, NGT verdicts have been empirically analysed from their beginning in October 2010 until December 2013. It examines the effects of NGT and conflict hotspots. The disputes connected to Coastal Zone management that were resolved in NGT are highlighted in particular. Although the NGT Act and its processes have many limitations, they can still be seen as a step in the right direction for environmental justice in India. Top Keywords Constitution, Environment, Judiciary, National appellant authority act, National green tribunal. Top |