Section 24 Deposit of amount payable for damage to environment - National Green Tribunal Act 2010

What is the procedure for Deposit of amount payable for damage to environment? - Section 24 of NGT Act 2010

Deposit of amount payable for damage to environment is defined under section 24 of National Green Tribunal Act 2010. Provisions under this Section is :

 

 

Section 24 of National Green Tribunal Act 2010 "Deposit of amount payable for damage to environment"

(1) Where any amount by way of compensation or relief is ordered to be paid under any award or order made by the Tribunal on the ground of any damage to environment, that amount shall be remitted to the authority specified under sub-section (3) of section 7A of the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991) for being credited to the Environmental Relief Fund established under that section.

(2) The amount of compensation or relief credited to the Environmental Relief Fund under sub-section (1), may, notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 (6 of 1991), be utilised by such persons or authority, in such manner and for such purposes relating to environment, as may be prescribed.