The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
28. Offences by
Government Department. –
1.
Where
any Department of the Government fails to comply with any order or award or
decision of the Tribunal under this Act, the Head of the Department shall be
deemed to be guilty of such failure and shall be liable to be proceeded against
for having committed an offence under this Act and punished accordingly:
Provided that nothing contained in this section shall render such Head of the
Department liable to any punishment if he proves that the offence was committed
without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the
commission of such offence.
2.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under this Act has been
committed by a Department of the Government and it is proved that the offence
has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any
neglect on the part of any officer, other than the Head of the Department, such
officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable
to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.