CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Ministry of Environment and Forests on December 1 amended the National Green Tribunal (Practices and Procedure) Rules, 2011.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Principal Bench is situated in the North Zone, headquartered in Delhi. The Central zone bench is situated in Bhopal, East zone in Kolkata, South zone in Chennai and West zone in Pune.

Detailed explanation-3: -On April 16, 1996, a division bench of the Supreme Court (SC) comprising Justices Kuldip Singh and S Saghir Ahmed directed the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court to constitute a special division bench to hear environment-related petitions-and the nation’s first green bench was born.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term “Green Bench” was coined by the Supreme Court for the first time in India in the “Madras Tanneries” case, on August 28, 1996.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) is appointed by the Central Government of India in accordance with the Chief Justice of India.