Q. With reference to the National Green Tribunal, consider the following statements:
1.The Tribunal is guided by principles of natural justice.
2.With the establishment of NGT, India became the first country in the world to set up a specialized environmental tribunal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Statement 1 is correct: The Tribunal is not bound by the procedure laid down under the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, but shall be guided by principles of ‘natural justice’.
Statement 2 is incorrect: With the establishment of the NGT, India became the third country in the world to set up a specialised environmental tribunal, only after Australia and New Zealand, and the first developing country to do so.
Source: The Hindu
