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Nation @ Glance
Nation @ Glance
Tribunal
SUBMIT REPORT ON STEPS TAKEN TO CLEAN GANGA: NGT TO CENTRE
Monday, October 16, 2017
the edge of the river between Haridwar and Unnao) and
prohibiting dumping of waste within 500 meters from the
river.
The bench further made it clear that in the event
of non compliance, it will be compelled to pass coercive
orders.
A bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), headed by
Justice Swatanter Kumar, has asked the Centre as well as
state governments of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to
file a status report on the Ganga cleaning in the stretch
between Gomukh and Unnao.
The green panel also passed several directions including
a ‘No Development Zone’ (an area of 100 meters from
“All the counsels appearing for their respective clients will
inform these directions to them. Copy of this order, also, be
sent to DG of National Mission for Clean Ganga; Secretary,
Ministry of Water Resources and Secretary, Ministry of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change for compliance,”
the bench said.
In its July 13 order, the green panel laid out the ‘way
ahead’ and shared ‘a new perspective’ for cleaning and
rejuvenating Ganga river in the next two years with a string
of directions, including an announcement of `50,000 as
environmental compensation for throwing any kind of
garbage into the river.
Allahabad High Court
DECLARATION OF LAND ACQUISITION WITHIN A YEAR OF
PUBLICATION IN OFFICIAL GAZETTE: ALLAHABAD HC
Monday, October 16, 2017
A declaration of land acquisition under Section 3(D) of the
National Highways Act, 1956 must be made within one year
of the date of publication of a notification in the Official
Gazette, and not the date of publication of the same in the
newspapers, as ruled by the Allahabad High Court.
The case relates to the acquisition of land on National
Highway-25, the declaration for which was published in the
Official Gazette in December 2012. As per Section 3A (3) of
the Act, the notification is required to be published in two
newspapers as well, and the same was done on February
27, 2013. A declaration of acquisition under Section 3D is
required to be made within one year of the notification
under Section 3A. Pranjal Mehrotra, preferred a writ seeking a direction to the
ADM to sign off on a fresh 3A (1) notification.
The petitioners, represented by Senior Advocate RK Ojha,
attacked this communication in a writ filed in the High Court
on February 18, 2014. In response, the NHAI, described by Read more: http://www.legaleraonline.com/news/declaration-of-
land-acquisition-be-made-within-a-year-of-publication-allahabad-hc
On January 27, 2014, the Project Director of the National
Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had sent a message
to the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) claiming that
the declaration under Section 3D (1) of the Act cannot be
issued for the reason that a period of one year has already
lapsed.
N ovember 2017 | L egal E ra | www . legaleraonline . com
In front of a Division Bench of Justices Dilip Gupta and
Dinesh Kumar Singh-I, Ojha contended that the period of
one year must be calculated from the date of publication
of the notification in two newspapers. He also debated
that the time period between filing the writ petition and its
decision ought to be excluded, as there was no temporary
order staying the proceedings.