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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding ban on the work of redevelopment of the existing Central Government Housing project, Kidwai Nagar (East) New Delhi, 28/05/2015

  • 26/05/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Rajeev Suri Vs. Ministry of Urban Development dated 28/05/2015 regarding ban on the work of redevelopment of the existing Central Government Housing project, Kidwai Nagar (East) New Delhi, particularly, on the work of digging deep basements in course of such redevelopment on the ground that such work causes damage to the environment within the meaning of Section 2(a) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and virtually amounts to soil mining without obtaining necessary clearances.