India, Sept. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Monday set aside NGT orders imposing a '18 crore fine on a company for the alleged violation of environmental norms by its sugar mill in UP and said "in the quest for doing justice, NGT has ended up doing just the reverse".
A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan allowed the appeals of M/s Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd as it set aside two orders of the National Green Tribunal of February 15, 2022 and September 16, 2022, observing the NGT passed the verdicts in violation of statutory procedure and the principles of natural justice.
Justice Bhuyan, who authored the 64-page verdict was critical of the NGT's orders and said, "Ordinarily, in a case where there is violation of the princip...