“Being the ‘National Green Tribunal’, the NGT must have some alacrity and concern for the environment!”, observed Justice D. Y. Chandrachud on Thursday.
The bench of Justices Chandrachud and M. R. Shah was considering an appeal arising out of the NGT’s adjudication of allegations of failure of authorities in preventing the blowout of Baghjan 5 oil well of the Respondent-Oil India Ltd., resulting in a massive fire causing irreparable loss to the entire biodiversity of the region and loss of lives and property. The issue for consideration in these matters by the NGT was the remedial steps for restoration of the environment and compensation to the victims on account of damage resulting from the incident of oil blowout on May 27, 2020 from the oil well belonging to the OIL which released huge amount of toxic gases and, other consequential events, including fire incident June 9, 2020 that followed, at Baghjan in Tinsukia District of Assam.
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