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Lok Adalat Meaning & its importance Justice delayed is justice denied. Access to justice for the poor is a constitutional mandate to ensure fair Across the country, a total number of 1,27,87,329 cases were disposed of in four National Lok Adalat, which included a huge number of pending cases i.e., 55,81,117 and a record number of pre-litigation cases i.e., 72,06,212. Through these activities, the Legal Services Authorities disposed off a large number of cases giving relief to the common citizens by ending or preventing long-lasting legal battles. treatment under our legal system. Hence, Lok Adalats (literally, ‘People’s Court’) were established to…
15 January, 2022 Quasi-judicial bodies
NGT Delhi is equal to all other branches of NGT First, read the complete topic on National Green Tribunal (NGT) through this link and then read this news. Observing that all five zonal Benches of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) are equally powerful and that their orders would be applicable pan India, the Madras High Court has disapproved of a 2017 Central notification which terms the north zone Bench in Delhi as the principal Bench. Though in the notification dated August 10, 2017 the north zone Bench in Delhi is called principal Bench, it is prima facie contrary to the NGT…
10 July, 2021 Quasi-judicial bodies
Introduction The appointment of former IAS officer, Girija Vaidyanathan, as Expert Member in the Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), was challenged in the Madras High Court. Even though the court initially granted an interim stay on her appointment, it ruled that she was not ineligible, going by the criteria in the NGT Act. She was found to have fulfilled the eligibility requirements by virtue of her administrative experience of nearly five years in “dealing with environmental matters”. Importance of technical expertise within NGT The establishment of tribunals as adjudicatory bodies in specific fields is based on…
23 April, 2021 Quasi-judicial bodies
National Green Tribunal and Mekedatu Project About Mekedatu Project: Mekedatu, meaning goat’s leap, is a deep gorge situated at the confluence of the river Cauvery and its tributary Arkavathi. Ontigondlu is the proposed reservoir site, situated in Ramanagara district in Karnataka about 100 km away from Bengaluru. It is in the midst of the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. The Rs. 9,000 crore project aims to store and supply water for drinking purposes for Bengaluru city. Around 400 megawatts (MW) of power is also proposed to be generated through the project. Historical Perspective The project was first approved by the Karnataka…
20 April, 2021 Quasi-judicial bodies