M.P. Patil v. Union of India País/Territorio India Tipo de la corte Nacional - corte superior Fecha Mar 13, 2014 Fuente UNEP, InforMEA Nombre del tribunal National Green Tribunal Sede de la corte New Delhi Juez Swatanter Kumar ; U.D. Salvi; Dr. G.K. Pandey; Prof. A.R. Yousuf; Dr. R.C. Trivedi Número de referencia No. 12/2012 Idioma Inglés Materia Energía Palabra clave Desarrollo agrícola Agricultura y medio ambiente Responsabilidad/indemnización Conservación de energía/producción de energía Participación pública Pueblos indígenas Contaminación del aire (fuentes fijas) Pobreza Acceso-a-la-información Productos agrícolas Terrenos agrícolas Valoración del daño/recurso Calidad del aire/contaminación del aire Resumen In this case, the plaintiffs, a villager, challenged the order of the Ministry of Environment and Forests granting Environmental Clearance for a project setting up a Thermal Power Project near the village Kudgi in Bijapur District Karnataka.The plaintiffs claimed that they could not properly participate in the decision making process and that they were not offered enough money to compensate the loss of their agricultural fields where the power plant was planned. They stressed that in such a poor region, agriculture was very important for the subsistence of the local communities. At the same time they also pointed out that the projected power plan will have irretrievable and irreversible consequences on the environment mostly caused by the pollution load due to burning coal.The National Green Tribunal held that if the planned power point was crucial for the development of the region, the order still needed to be redrafted to integrate pollution mitigation measures. Also, the judges stressed that the procedure provided by the law needed to be followed and that, as a result, public authorities had to give public notice and hear the project affected people. Consequently, the Tribunal remanded the order to the Ministry of Environment and Forests Texto completo patilvuoi.pdf Página web www.greentribunal.gov.in