Former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice appointed National Green Tribunal chairperson

Justice Prakash Shrivastava, who retired from the Calcutta High Court in March this year, has been appointed as the chairperson of National Green Tribunal for a period of four years.

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FORMER Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Prakash Shrivastava has been appointed as the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT).

NGT is a quasi-judicial body that handles matters related to the environmental violations and disputes.

Justice Shrivastava replaces Justice Sheo Kumar Singh, a former judge of the Allahabad High Court. Justice Singh was appointed as the acting chairperson of the tribunal on July 6 this year.

Justice Shrivastava was appointed as a judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in January 2008 and became a permanent judge in January 2010.

In July 2015, as a judge of the high court, he was appointed the commissioner for the welfare of the victims of Bhopal gas leak disaster for a period of one year by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers.

In October 2021, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. He retired in March this year.

Appointments to the NGT