The NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL ACT 2010 establishes the NGT for:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. The National Green Tribunal Act 2010 (Act 19 of 2010) established the NGT.
2. Preamble: 'An Act to provide for the establishment of a National Green Tribunal for the effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.'
3. Section 14 confers jurisdiction over all civil cases relating to substantial questions relating to environment under the seven enumerated Acts.
4. NGT has principal bench at New Delhi and zonal benches at Pune, Bhopal, Kolkata, Chennai.
5. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: EPA 1986 / Constitution of India / Stockholm/Rio/Paris / Indian SC environmental jurisprudence — National Green Tribunal Act 2010, Preamble; Section 14_
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