SUPREME COURT: STAYED NGT'S DIRECTION OF APPOINTING LG AS CHAIRMAN OF HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON YAMUNA

The Supreme Court in the case Government of NGT of Delhi v. Ashwani Yadav observed and has stayed the direction of the Nation Green Tribunal, NGT wherein it had appointed the Lt. Governor of Delhi as the head of the High level Committee for the Yamuna river pollution

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The bench comprising of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing the present matter. The counsel, Senior Advocate Dr AM Singhvi, appearing for the Delhi Government argued before the court that such power would not even be given to a Governor let alone an LG. It has also been submitted by him that the domain expert should be the head of the committee.