Hasdeo Arand Forest.

NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL: ROLE, SIGNIFICANCE, PERFORMANCE, CHALLENGES, WAY FORWARD

Between 2020 and 2025, nearly 80% of National Green Tribunal rulings reportedly favored developers, diverging from the Supreme Court’s Ankita Sinha mandate calling it a specialized environmental protector. Technical dismissals, resource gaps, and strategic projects weakened the precautionary principle, prompting calls for structural and procedural reforms.