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M.P. Patil v. Union of India

Pays/Territoire
Inde
Type de cour
Nationale - cour supérieure
Date
Mar 13, 2014
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
National Green Tribunal
Siège de la cour
New Delhi
Juge
Swatanter Kumar ; U.D. Salvi; Dr. G.K. Pandey; Prof. A.R. Yousuf; Dr. R.C. Trivedi
Numéro de référence
No. 12/2012
Langue
Anglais
Sujet
Énergie
Mot clé
Développement agricole Agriculture et environnement Responsabilité/indemnisation Conservation de l'énergie/production de l'énergie Participation du public Populations autochtones Pollution atmosphérique (sources fixes) Pauvreté Accès-à-l'information Produits agricoles Terrains agricoles Évaluation des ressources/des dommages Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air
Résumé

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

Texte intégral
patilvuoi.pdf
Site web
www.greentribunal.gov.in