Supreme Court · 2020 INSC 452 · Decided 14 July 2020
The Director General (Road Development) National Highways Authority of India v. Aam Aadmi Lokmanch & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2020 INSC 452 · [2020] 6 S.C.R. 1050
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 6932/2015
- Decided
- 14 July 2020
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, S. RAVINDRA BHAT, V. RAMASUBRAMANIAN (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 - ss. 14, 15, 17 and Schedules - Environment Protection Act, 1986 - Jurisdiction of the NGT - Victim was driving a car with her young daughter on the Highway resulted in the destruction of a small hill by the side of the National Highway - The resultant debris and a part of the hill collapsed and slid down to the road, claiming the lives of the victim and her daughter - The NGT imposed a joint penalty of Rs.50 lakhs for causing
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