Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. vs State of Uttar Pradesh 2025 INSC 1060 -S.19 NGT Act - Ss.21,22 Water Act
National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 - Section 19(1)- NGT exercises judicial functions. Therefore, it is all the more necessary for the NGT to adhere to a fair procedure which is statutorily laid down of which principles of natural justice are an inalienable part. Rigor of Section 19(1) is qua the procedure to be adopted by the NGT in conducting its proceedings. It cannot be stretched to abandon the statutory procedure laid down under Sections 21 and 22 of the Water Act and by outsourcing investigation to administrative committees by overlooking the statutory provisions and basing its decisions on the recommendation of such administrative committee. This is not within the remit of NGT. (Para 31)
Case Info
Case Name and Neutral Citation
- Case Name: M/S. Triveni Engineering and Industries Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors.
- Neutral Citation: 2025 INSC 1060
Coram
- Judges: Manoj Misra, J. and Ujjal Bhuyan, J.
Judgment Date
- Date: September 1, 2025
Caselaws and Citations Referred
- A.K. Kraipak v. Union of IndiaCitation: (1969) 2 SCC 262
- S.N. Mukherjee v. Union of IndiaCitation: (1990) 4 SCC 594
- Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai v. Ankita SinhaCitation: 2021 SCC Online SC 1298
- T. Takano v. Securities and Exchange Board of IndiaCitation: (2022) 8 SCC 162
- State Bank of India v. Rajesh AgarwalCitation: (2023) 6 SCC 1
- Kantha Vibhag Yuva Koli Samaj Parivartan Trust v. State of GujaratCitation: (2023) 13 SCC 525
- Sanghar Zuber Ismail v. Union of IndiaCitation: (2021) 17 SCC 827
- Grasim Industries Limited v. State of Madhya PradeshCitation: (2024) SCC Online SC 3538
- Delhi Pollution Control Committee v. Lodhi Property Company LimitedCitation: 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1601
Statutes/Laws Referred
- National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
- Section 22
- Section 19(1)
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 17
- Section 2(1)(c)
- Section 2(1)(m)
- Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
- Section 2(dd)
- Section 2(e)
- Section 2(g)
- Section 2(gg)
- Section 2(j)
- Section 2(k)
- Section 21
- Section 22
- Section 24
- Section 43
- Section 33A
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- Section 2(a)
- Section 2(b)
- Section 2(c)
- Section 2(f)
- Section 7
- Section 8
- Section 14A (amended, effective 01.04.2024)
- Section 15 (amended, effective 01.04.2024)
- Section 15A (amended, effective 01.04.2024)
- Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981
- Section 21/22
- Section 31A
- Indian Penal Code, 1860
- Sections 193, 219, 228, 196
- Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
- Section 195
- Chapter XXVI
- Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
- Chapter XXVI
- BIS IS 10500:2012 Standards (Drinking Water Standards)
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