‘NGT jurisdiction for Goa will remain with Pune’

PANAJI:

The Panaji bench of Bombay high court on Wednesday struck down the Centre’s notification relocating the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) jurisdiction for Goa-related cases from Pune to Delhi. The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) in August issued the notification citing lack of flight connectivity with Pune and absence of an office set up in the Maharashtra town. In September, the HC took up the matter suo moto after the ministry, on recommendation of BJP-led coalition government, transferred the NGT jurisdiction.

entered the bank late on Tuesday night from the rear by breaking door locks and decamped with ₹5,95,161 in cash kept in a locker, Dharamjaigarh Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Neha Verma said. The burglars used a gas cutter to open the locker. The crime was detected when the bank opened at 10am, she said.