The Supreme Court set aside a 2017 National Green Tribunal order that had held the Art of Living Foundation responsible for Yamuna floodplain damage.
The case concerned the Foundation’s 2016 World Culture Festival on the Yamuna floodplain.
Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N K Singh delivered the decision on an appeal by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India.
The court said there was no direct link between the event and the environmental damage and noted the NGT denied adequate opportunity to argue.
The Delhi Development Authority was directed to refund the Rs 5 crore environmental compensation deposited under an interim order.
The top court also directed the DDA to continue floodplain rehabilitation work.
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The reporting broadly agrees that the Supreme Court overturned the Rs 5 crore environmental compensation and ordered a refund to Vyakti Vikas Kendra India. It also agrees that the dispute stemmed from claims tied to the 2016 Yamuna floodplain event.
What could still matter most is the exact scope of the NGT’s earlier findings and how the rehabilitation work proceeds under the Delhi Development Authority’s continuing role. The reporting does not add further dispute over the refund order itself, which is described consistently as the court’s direction.
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The available reporting is uniformly neutral and procedural. It says the Supreme Court set aside the NGT’s order, identified the appeal by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, and directed the Delhi Development Authority to refund the Rs 5 crore deposit. It also notes the court’s instruction that floodplain rehabilitation work should continue.
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The Supreme Court allowed an appeal by Vyakti Vikas Kendra, setting aside a Rs 5 crore environmental compensation imposed on the Art of Living Foundation for its 2016 event on the Yamuna floodplain. The bench found no direct link between the event and the environmental damage, noting the NGT denied adequate opportunity to argue. The Court criticized the Delhi Development Authority for granting permission, directing it to continue floodplain rehabilitation and refund the ₹5 crore.
The Supreme Court set aside a 2017 order by the National Green Tribunal that held the Art of Living Foundation responsible for Yamuna floodplain damage during the 2016 World Culture Festival. Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and NK Singh directed the Delhi Development Authority to refund the ₹5 crore environmental compensation. The appeal was filed by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, while the Foundation maintained that no scientific assessment established damage attributable to the festival.
The Supreme Court set aside a 2017 National Green Tribunal order holding Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation responsible for damage to Yamuna floodplains from its 2016 festival. Delivered by Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N K Singh on an appeal by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, the apex court ordered the Delhi Development Authority to refund the Rs 5 crore environmental compensation originally deposited under an interim order.
The Supreme Court set aside a 2017 National Green Tribunal order that held Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation responsible for Yamuna floodplain damage during the 2016 World Culture Festival. Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and N K Singh directed the Delhi Development Authority to refund the Rs 5 crore deposit. The appeal was filed by Vyakti Vikas Kendra India, and the top court ordered DDA to continue floodplain rehabilitation work.