Remanded

News Item Titled "Residents Complain About Encroachment and Waste Pollution at Rear Bund of Red Hills Lake" Appearing in the Hindu Dated 13.12.2023 vs

NGT8 Jan 2024Original Application No. 783/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

NGT Principal Bench, New Delhi registered a suo-moto application based on a news report regarding encroachments and sewage pollution at Red Hills Lake. The court impleaded statutory respondents and transferred the matter to the Southern Zone Bench for further action.

What did the court decide?

Matter transferred to the Southern Zone Bench, Chennai for further appropriate action with orientation for further hearing scheduled.

News Item Titled "Residents Complain About Encroachment… — Environment and Pollution | NGT (2024)

¶1

Court No. 1

¶2

Item No. 03

¶3

BEFORE THE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI

¶4

Original Application No. 783/2023

¶5

In re: News item appearing in The Hindu dated 13.12.2023 titled “Residents complain about encroachments and waste pollution at rear bund of Red Hills lake”

¶6

Date of hearing: 08.01.2024

¶7

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CHAIRPERSON HON’BLE DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER

¶8

Respondent: Mr. Veshal Tyagi, Adv. for the State of Tamil Nadu Dr. S.B. Nirmalatha, Adv. for R - 2 (Through VC)

¶9

ORDER

¶10

This Original Application is registered suo-moto on the basis of the news item titled “Residents complain about encroachments and waste pollution at rear bund of Red Hills lake” appearing in The Hindu dated 13.12.2023. As per the said news item, Red Hills Lake is one of the major source of drinking water to Chennai but the sewage is flowing freely into the water body at five locations falling under both the Greater Chennai Corporation and the Avadi Municipal Corporation limits and minor inlet channels have been encroached upon.

¶11

The news item further states that the water body continues to face the challenges of sewage pollution and dumping of garbage along its boundary. It discloses that the sewage continues to flow freely on the rear side of the lake in five locations near Vankateshwara Nagar, Pudur Bhanu Nagar and Kallikuppam in Zone 7 and Thirumullaivoyal and Venkatachalam Nagar in Avadi limits.

¶12

¶13

The news report raises substantial issue relating to compliance of the environmental norms and implementation of provisions contained in the Scheduled enactments.

¶14

The power of the Tribunal to take suo-moto c ognizance of a matter is already upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. Ankita Sinha and Others 2021 SCC Online SC 897 .

¶15

Hence, we deem it proper to implead the following as respondents in the matter:-

¶16

i. Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board

¶17

ii. Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation

¶18

iii. Collector/District Magistrate, Chennai

¶19

Dr. S.B. Nirmalatha, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of Respondent No. 2 and Mr. Veshal Tyagi, Advocate accepts notice on behalf of Respondent No. 3. Let Notice be issued to Respondent No. 1. The respondents are directed to file their response at least one week before the next date of hearing before the concerned bench.

¶20

Since, the matter relates to the Southern Zone Bench, therefore, it is transferred to the said Bench for further appropriate action. Let the original record of the OA be transferred to the Southern Zone Bench.

¶21

List before the Southern Zone Bench, Chennai on 04.03.2024.

¶22

Prakash Shrivastava, CP

¶23

Dr. A. Senthil Vel, EM

¶24

January 08, 2024 Original Application No. 783/2023 SN.

¶25

News Item Titled "Residents Complain About Encroachment and Waste Pollution at Rear Bund of Red Hills Lake" Appearing in the Hindu Dated 13.12.2023 vs

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

News Item Titled "Residents Complain About Encroachment and Waste Pollution at Rear Bund of Red Hills Lake" Appearing in the Hindu Dated 13.12.2023 vs

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

A compact analysis

Cases cited

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Panna Lal vs

Deepak Rai vs State of Uttar Pradesh

All Dwarka Residents Federation through President Secretary vs Delhi Jal Board

Mohan Lal Rebari vs State of Rajasthan

News Item Titled "Nadi-Nalo Ka Seena Kiya Chhalani Dekhen Video Ret Ka Avaidh Utkhanan" Appearing in Patrika Dated 18.12.2023 vs

Mahendra Square Rehwasi Rakhrakhaw Shahkari Sanstha Mariyadit Bhopal through Its President Madhu Verma vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Ajit Singh vs State of Madhya Pradesh

Megh Singh vs State of Rajasthan

Ranjeet Singh Chauhan vs State of Haryana

Manoj Kumar Prajapati vs Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change through the Secretary

Manoj Kumar Prajapati vs Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change through the Secretary

Deepshikha Gupta vs Union of India

News Item Titled "Nadi-Nalo Ka Seena Kiya Chhalani Dekhen Video Ret Ka Avaidh Utkhanan" Appearing in Patrika Dated 18.12.2023 vs

Misc Application in disposed of cases No. 2/2024 in Original Application No. 157/2023 of Nawal Singh vs