2. Natural resources are found throughout the country at varied levels. In the state of East Pradesh which has a coastline of 1000 …show more content…
In East Pradesh, Voldemort’s license was restricted to iron blocks A, B and C. There are other blocks D, E and F which were not licensed and are to be left untouched. It is believed that mining these unlicensed blocks may cause huge environmental hazard to the local population and also affect the whole forest. The mining is also permitted in the A, B and C blocks only upto 100 feet in the depth. The major concentration of the tribal people are in and around these mines. There is a huge forest of Hogwarts which covers half of the mine and runs beyond till the end of the state. This is the greatest forest reserve the State and the country has. It is house to several precious animals which are on the verge of extinction. Also, seasonal birds come here from foreign countries. There is also a river running along the forest which is the only source of clean water to the whole …show more content…
NGT does not have suomotu power and hence its orders are unconstitutional.
2. PIL petitioner has vested interest and he is expected to contest in the elections. Hence he does not have any locus standi.
3. Criminal case registration cannot be initiated through PIL.
12. Supreme Court found this matter to be of greater importance and decided to take the main case and decide it with finality. It had thus transferred all the case to the Supreme Court and has sought the parties to address the following issues:
1. Whether NGT hassuomotu powers?
2. Whether there was acriminal violation of mining license and did it cause the environmental degradation?
[If there ares criminal violations, the court is interested in hearing what are the legislations that are violated and it also would like to hear arguments to see if these violations are criminal or merely contractual in nature.]
3. Whether the mining in the area is against environmental safety and violates the rights of the tribal?
[The court wishes to hear scientific arguments on the validity and impact of New Mining Deal 2015 permitting license in the area.]
4. Any other substantive issue that are associated with the above mentioned issues which will help the Supreme Court to decide the case with