The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
25. Execution of
award or order or decision of Tribunal. –
1.
An
award or order or decision of the Tribunal under this Act shall be executable
by the Tribunal as a decree of a civil court, and for this purpose, the
Tribunal shall have all the powers of a civil court.
2.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), the Tribunal may transmit any order or
award made by it to a civil court having local jurisdiction and such civil
court shall execute the order or award as if it were a decree made by that
court.
3.
Where
the person responsible, for death of, or injury to any person or damage to any
property and environment, against whom the award or order is made by the
Tribunal, fails to make the payment or deposit the amount as directed by the
Tribunal within the period so specified in the award or order, such amount,
without prejudice to the filing of complaint for prosecution for an offence
under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, shall be
recoverable from the aforesaid person as arrears of land revenue or of public
demand.