NEW DELHI : The recent decision of state-run power producer NTPC Ltd to legally challenge an order of the National Green Tribunal or NGT on the grounds of judicial overreach has once again put the spotlight—for all the wrong reasons—on the tribunal.NTPC is challenging the NGT’s February order instructing it to install flue-gas desulfurization (FGD), a technology for removing sulphur dioxide from exhaust, at its 2,980 megawatts super thermal power plant at Sipat in Chhattisgarh, on the grounds of judicial overreach.
It may well have a case because in the past, the Supreme Court has, in several instances, directed the NGT to review its orders.This is the latest of several grievances filed before the apex court claiming that the tribunal erred.