NGT's regional conference on Oct 7

Pune, Oct 4: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), West Zone, will hold a regional conference on various issues and solutions related to environment protection at Dhanvantari Auditorium, AFMC, Wanowrie, on October 7 and 8. The event will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and presided by Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur, NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Umesh D Salvi, among others. Supreme Court Justice D Y Chandrachud will deliver the keynote address at the event, while the Chief Minister will deliver the presidential address, NGT Bar Association president Advocate Asim Sarode said in a release. The valedictory session will begin with a speech from Supreme Court Justice A M Khanvilkar and Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parikar, it added. Delegates from Maharashtra Goa, Gujarat, Daman Diu, along with judges from high courts and district courts, environmentalists, lawyers, academicians and students will be participating in the event. Karhale said three technical sessions will be conducted as part of the event, to be presided by eminent judges such as Justice Abhay Oka (Bombay High Court), Justice P P Bhatt (High Court of Gujarat) and Justice P Jyothiman (Judicial Member NGT (SZB) Chennai. The conference will focus on the requirement of environmental awareness among all the stakeholders in relation to various emerging issues of environment and to understand the importance of sustainable development it compliance with the environmental laws. The conference will provide a new a dimension to the environmental jurisprudence from a scientific and legal perspective, it added. UNI