Within how many days, an appeal can be made by an aggrieved person by decision of the National Green Tribunal to the Supreme Court?
- (a)Thirty days
- (b)Forty-five days
- (c)Sixty days
- (d)Ninety days
Correct — D, ninety days. Under Section 22 of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, any person aggrieved by an award, decision or order of the Tribunal may appeal to the Supreme Court within ninety days of the date on which the order is communicated. The Supreme Court may entertain an appeal filed after this period (up to a further sixty days) if satisfied there was sufficient cause for the delay, but the normal appeal window is ninety days.
- (a)Thirty days — Thirty days is not the prescribed NGT-to-Supreme-Court appeal period; the Act fixes ninety days.
- (b)Forty-five days — Forty-five days is not prescribed for this appeal under the NGT Act, 2010.
- (c)Sixty days — Sixty days is only the extra period the Supreme Court may condone for delay - not the appeal window itself, which is ninety days.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) is a specialised statutory body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 to decide environmental cases speedily. It is not a court but exercises the powers of a civil court; its orders can be challenged before the Supreme Court.
The appeal-period options cluster around 30/45/60/90 days. The Act fixes ninety days for the appeal to the Supreme Court; sixty days is only the extra time the Court may condone for delay - a deliberate near-miss distractor.
- The NGT was established under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.
- Appeal against an NGT order lies to the Supreme Court within ninety days (Section 22).
- The Supreme Court may condone up to sixty extra days for sufficient cause.
- Principal bench: New Delhi; the NGT applies principles of natural justice, not the strict Code of Civil Procedure.
- Picking sixty days (the delay-condonation limit) instead of ninety days
- Assuming appeals go to the High Court rather than the Supreme Court
Asked as 'within how many days' or 'an appeal lies to which court' - lock ninety days and the Supreme Court.
How is the National Green Tribunal (NGT) different from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)? 1. The NGT has been established by an Act whereas the CPCB has been created by an executive order of the Government. 2. The NGT provides environmental justice and helps reduce the burden of litigation in the higher courts whereas the CPCB promotes cleanliness of streams and wells, and aims to improve the quality of air in the country. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Answer(b) 2 only
Same body - the NGT as a statutory adjudicatory tribunal that provides environmental justice and eases the higher courts' burden (the courts to which its orders are appealed).
The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 was enacted in consonance with which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India? 1. Right to healthy environment, construed as a part of Right to life under Article 21 2. Provision of grants for raising the level of administration in the Scheduled Areas for the welfare of Scheduled Tribes under Article 275(1) 3. Powers and functions of Gram Sabha as mentioned under Article 243(A) Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 and 3 only
- (c) 1 and 3 only
- (d) 1, 2 and 3
Answer(a) 1 only
Same statute (NGT Act, 2010) - its constitutional grounding in Article 21, the tribunal whose appeals go to the Supreme Court.
Where is the headquarters of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) located?
- (a) Kolkata
- (b) New Delhi
- (c) Mumbai
- (d) Chennai
Answer(b) New Delhi
Same institution - basic facts about the NGT (its principal bench in New Delhi) that this appeal-provision question also belongs to.
- practice — not a real PYQ
An appeal against an order of the National Green Tribunal lies to which court?
- (a)The concerned High Court
- (b)The Supreme Court
- (c)The District Court
- (d)The Central Administrative Tribunal
Answer(b) The Supreme Court.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The National Green Tribunal was established under which Act?
- (a)Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- (b)National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
- (c)Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
- (d)Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
Answer(b) The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010.