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Make panel report on Nicobar project public, Jairam Ramesh tells NGT
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged the National Green Tribunal to make public the report of the High-Powered Committee that reviewed environmental approvals for the Great Nicobar Island Project. He said…
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Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday urged the National Green Tribunal to make public the report of the High-Powered Committee that reviewed environmental approvals for the Great Nicobar Island Project. He said the report, submitted in a sealed cover to the NGT on July 8, 2025, formed the basis for the tribunal giving the go-ahead to what he called an ecologically disastrous venture.
Ramesh's comments come ahead of the Lok Sabha taking up the Tribunal Reforms Bill, 2026 on Monday. The Bill aims to implement a Supreme Court direction from November 2025 to create an independent National Tribunals Commission for appointments. The top court had struck down key provisions of the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, on grounds they violated judicial independence.
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The demand to unseal the report cuts two ways. One side insists transparency will expose environmental harm. The other says a sealed-cover process kept politics out of a complex project. But the NGT's real test is not this report, it is how it handles Monday's Tribunal Reforms Bill. If the NGT bends to government convenience, no quantity of leaked documents will restore its credibility. Will the tribunal prove it still has a spine?
Source: thehindu.com
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