S. N. Dubey vs Raman Khandelwal 2024 INSC 931 – National Green Tribunal

National Green Tribunal – Practice of the NGT of basing its judgment on outsourced material deprecated- A tribunal is expected to carefully consider the material placed before it and the contentions raised on behalf of both the parties. It cannot discharge its function by merely relying on a report of the Court Commissioner without even considering the stand of the parties before it. (Para 16)