The Supreme Courtroom has put aside a 2017 Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal order, directing the Delhi Growth Authority to refund Rs 5 crore environmental compensation to the Artwork of Dwelling Basis for alleged Yamuna floodplains harm.
IMAGE: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the non secular guru and founding father of the Artwork of Dwelling Basis, throughout an occasion in New Delhi, April 14, 2024. {Photograph}: Mohd Zakir/ANI Photograph
Key Factors
- Supreme Courtroom units apart 2017 NGT order in opposition to Artwork of Dwelling Basis.
- Artwork of Dwelling Basis to obtain Rs 5 crore environmental compensation refund from DDA.
- Delhi Growth Authority directed to proceed rehabilitation work on Yamuna floodplains.
- The ruling follows an enchantment by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, related to Artwork of Dwelling.
The Supreme Courtroom on Saturday put aside a 2017 order of the Nationwide Inexperienced Tribunal (NGT) holding Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Artwork of Dwelling Basis liable for the harm prompted to the Yamuna floodplains as a result of its World Tradition Competition in 2016.
A Bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice N Ok Singh directed the Delhi Growth Authority (DDA) to refund the Rs 5 crore environmental compensation deposited by the inspiration.
The highest courtroom’s order got here on an enchantment filed by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, related to the Artwork of Dwelling Basis.
The highest courtroom additionally directed the DDA to proceed the work in direction of the rehabilitation of the Yamuna floodplains as directed by the NGT.
