{"id":37582,"date":"2015-04-29T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T05:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37582"},"modified":"2015-04-29T05:30:14","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T05:30:14","slug":"ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open","title":{"rendered":"NGT bans burning of waste in open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"147\" data-attachment-id=\"37583\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\/burning-of-waste\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"185,147\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"burning of waste\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;burning of waste &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;burning of waste &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37583\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?resize=185%2C147&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"burning of waste \" \/><\/a>Imposing a complete ban on burning of waste in open including garbage, leaves, plastic and crop residues, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday said violators will be fined Rs. 5,000, in yet another significant order to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR.The order comes three weeks after the Tribunal banned plying of diesel vehicles which were more than 10 years old in the region.<\/p>\n<p>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar passed a slew of directions, including asking the civic authorities and state governments of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to \u201cimmediately\u201d spread mass awareness regarding ill-effects of burning waste materials in open areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is on record before us that burning of garbage and other materials is not only source of air pollution but forms 29.4 per cent of air pollution with reference to PM10.<\/p>\n<p>Burning of material also causes serious respiratory problems and are even carcinogenic&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere shall be complete prohibition on burning of any kind of garbage, leaves, waste, plastic, rubber or any such other materials in open areas for any part of NCR-Delhi,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>PM or Particulate matter refers to all solid and liquid particles suspended in air many of which are hazardous. They are differentiated on the basis of their size.<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating on the process for filing complaints, it said \u201cany person who notices burning of such material would have a right to complain in writing or otherwise to SHO of concerned area, concerned Municipal Corporation, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) and its regional branches and to the heads of the concerned departments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe direct that for every incident of burning of such material, the person who is actually found burning or responsible for burning would be liable to pay compensation in terms of Section 15 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 under the principle of polluter pays,\u201d the bench said adding that the money collected would be used for restoration of environment.<\/p>\n<p>The green panel said that in case an offender refuses to comply with the orders, the officer-in-charge would be at liberty to serve show cause notice to him for appearing before the Tribunal and explain why he shall not pay compensation.<\/p>\n<p>It made it clear that orders of NGT are to be complied with as a decree order of a civil court and all authorities including the police are duty bound to carry them out.<\/p>\n<p>In relation to burning of plastic and like products, the bench issued specific directions to corporations and police authorities that \u201cin no event they would permit burning of plastic or by product in any part of NCR-Delhi.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imposing a complete ban on burning of waste in open including garbage, leaves, plastic and crop residues, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday said violators will be fined Rs. 5,000, in yet another significant order to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR.The order comes three weeks after the Tribunal banned plying of diesel vehicles which were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[87,1],"tags":[32429,32431,31987,6615,32430,32428],"class_list":["post-37582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-law-news","category-top-law-news","tag-burning-of-waste","tag-burning-of-waste-in-open","tag-featured","tag-national-green-tribunal","tag-ngt-bans-burning-of-waste","tag-ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NGT bans burning of waste in open - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NGT bans burning of waste in open\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NGT bans burning of waste in open - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NGT bans burning of waste in open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-29T05:30:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"185\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"147\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"NGT bans burning of waste in open\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-29T05:30:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\"},\"wordCount\":437,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"burning of waste\",\"burning of waste in open\",\"featured\",\"National Green Tribunal\",\"NGT bans burning of waste\",\"NGT bans burning of waste in open\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Environment Law News\",\"Top Law News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\",\"name\":\"NGT bans burning of waste in open - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-29T05:30:14+00:00\",\"description\":\"NGT bans burning of waste in open\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/04\\\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1\",\"width\":185,\"height\":147,\"caption\":\"burning of waste\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Environment Law News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/environment-law-news\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"NGT bans burning of waste in open\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NGT bans burning of waste in open - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"NGT bans burning of waste in open","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NGT bans burning of waste in open - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"NGT bans burning of waste in open","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2015-04-29T05:30:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":185,"height":147,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"NGT bans burning of waste in open","datePublished":"2015-04-29T05:30:14+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open"},"wordCount":437,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1","keywords":["burning of waste","burning of waste in open","featured","National Green Tribunal","NGT bans burning of waste","NGT bans burning of waste in open"],"articleSection":["Environment Law News","Top Law News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open","name":"NGT bans burning of waste in open - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1","datePublished":"2015-04-29T05:30:14+00:00","description":"NGT bans burning of waste in open","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1","width":185,"height":147,"caption":"burning of waste"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-burning-of-waste-in-open#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Environment Law News","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/environment-law-news"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"NGT bans burning of waste in open"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/burning-of-waste.jpg?fit=185%2C147&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48331,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-bans-open-defecation-waste-dumping-yamuna-floodplains","url_meta":{"origin":37582,"position":0},"title":"NGT bans open defecation, waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today banned open defecation and dumping of waste on the floodplains of the Yamuna and announced an environment compensation of Rs 5,000 for those who violated the diktat. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also constituted a committee headed by Delhi Jal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Environment Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Environment Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/environment-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"NGT bans open defecation, waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/NGT.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42131,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-raps-vrindavan-authorities-appoints-local-commissioner","url_meta":{"origin":37582,"position":1},"title":"NGT raps Vrindavan authorities, appoints local commissioner","author":"Legal India News","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"New Delhi, The indiscriminate dumping and burning of municipal solid waste in the temple town of Vrindavan has come under the scanner of the National Green Tribunal which has appointed a local commissioner to investigate the issue. The green panel directed an advocate to visit the site in the Uttar\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":" temple Vrindavan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/temple.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":46273,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-notice-1400-pollution-defaulters","url_meta":{"origin":37582,"position":2},"title":"NGT notice to over 1400 pollution defaulters","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Green Tribunal today issued notice to over 1400 defaulters, who have not paid environmental compensation for violating its order on waste burning and dust pollution, on a plea filed by the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC). A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Swatanter Kumar also issued notice to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Environment Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Environment Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/environment-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"NGT notice to over 1400 pollution defaulters","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/NGT-300x166.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45855,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/whats-quantity-waste-generated-delhi-ngt","url_meta":{"origin":37582,"position":3},"title":"What&#8217;s quantity of waste generated by Delhi: NGT","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Green Tribunal today directed the Delhi government and civic bodies here to inform it about the total quantity of municipal solid waste generated in the national capital daily. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar expressed concern over functioning of waste-to-energy plants in the city and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Environment Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Environment Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/environment-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"What's quantity of waste generated by Delhi: NGT","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/NGT-300x166.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":42821,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dont-challan-vehicles-15-yrs-ngt","url_meta":{"origin":37582,"position":4},"title":"Why don&#8217;t you challan vehicles over 15 yrs: NGT","author":"Legal India News","date":"May 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Green Tribunal today took the Delhi\u00a0government to task for its failure to implement its order banning vehicles more than 15 years old from plying on the roads in the national capital when it was \"active\" on odd-e3 \"You have done whatever you wanted to, this odd-even formula. When\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"Arvind Kejriwal","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Arvind-Kejriwal.gif?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Arvind-Kejriwal.gif?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Arvind-Kejriwal.gif?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/Delhi-Chief-Minister-Arvind-Kejriwal.gif?fit=700%2C400&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45873,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ngt-raps-sdmc-figures-waste-delhi","url_meta":{"origin":37582,"position":5},"title":"NGT raps SDMC over figures on waste in Delhi","author":"Legal India News","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The National Green Tribunal today rapped the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) over \"inaccurate\" data on various kinds of waste generated in the national capital daily. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar took strong exception over the data submitted by SDMC which said that Delhi generates nearly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Environment Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Environment Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/environment-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"NGT raps SDMC over figures on waste in Delhi","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/NGT-300x166.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-9Ma","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}