BBMP to turn Mavallipura landfill into crematorium
Villagers have started a dharna at the landfill site, even as work has started, Committee formed to ensure that all facilities are in place at crematoriums
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Police and Revenue officials visit the Mavallipura landfill site to inspect and start preparations for an open-air crematorium | Express
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BENGALURU: A waste landfill is no place to cremate or bury the dead, and the BBMP’s proposal to create an ‘open crematorium’ at Mavallipura has shocked and angered many in this village and surrounding areas. Villagers have started a dharna at the landfill site, even as work started on Thursday to create a temporary cremation ground for Covid victims for the next two months. On Wednesday afternoon, police and revenue officials had visited the landfill site in Mavallipura to inspect and start preparations, and appeals by villagers did not deter them from going ahead with their pla
The petitioners have also suggested a quasi-judicial committee constituted of the BBMP Commissioner, Member Secretary of the Bangalore District Legal Services Authority, and Deputy Commissioner Bangalore (Urban) to attend to grievances and disputes, if any, in a forum open to the public, at least once a month and pass orders as necessary.
Updated Apr 14, 2021, 12:58 am IST
Senior lawyer Nikhil Nayyar reminded the Supreme Court had in Sterlite case said that green tribunal cannot strike down rules
The court had in its February 18, 2019, order said: Therefore, it would be fallacious to state that the tribunal has powers of judicial review akin to that of a high court exercising constitutional powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. AFP
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was not vested with the powers to examine the validity of any law or to strike it down.
“Prima facie we are of the view the National Green Tribunal can’t strike down a law,” said Chief Justice Sharad A. Bobde, heading a bench that also comprised Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian.
Read more about NGT does not have powers to strike down laws, says Supreme Court on Business Standard. The National Green Tribunal does not have the powers to examine validity of laws or strike them down: SC
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday observed that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) could not decide upon and strike down the validity of a law.
A Bench comprising of Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, and Justices AS Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian were hearing a plea pertaining to an appeal against the Karnataka High Court s order wherein a plea challenging Section 40 of the Biodiversity Act had been transferred by the High Court to NGT, Chennai.
The SLP in the instant case challenges the order of transfer of the plea to the NGT. In today s hearing, the CJI observed,