Assam order seeking deployment of forest protection force for polls suffers from illegality: NGT
Indian Express·2h ago·Neutral
What Happened
The National Green Tribunal's eastern zone bench ruled that Assam government's order deploying 1,600 Assam Forest Protection Force personnel for elections violated the Biological Diversity Act and AFPF Act, 1986. The tribunal upheld its April 2 interim order halting the deployment. The bench found the order suffered from patent illegality and violated Supreme Court directions against using forest staff for election duties. The tribunal granted four weeks for Assam government to respond.
Key Entities
National Green TribunalAssam governmentAssam Forest Protection ForceJustice Arun Kumar TyagiIshwar SinghGaurav Kumar BansalBiological Diversity Act 2002Supreme CourtElections