Why the recent NGT judgment on challenges to the environment approvals to Great Nicobar Islands project is highly flawed

Despite recognising that grave and irreversible injustice would be caused to the ecosystem, the National Green Tribunal simply refused to examine on merits the case made out by the appellants. It did so by restricting the examination of the appeals to whether requisite procedures had been followed or not.
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Norma Alvares

Norma Alvares is an Indian lawyer, social worker and environmental activist.

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