Supreme Court junks NGT order on Visakhapatnam tourism project

HC to prevail as it is above green tribunal: Apex court

Holding that high court orders will be preferred to those of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Supreme Court permitted tourism project construction in the Rushikonda Hills in Visakhapatnam on condition that no new excavation work should be carried out as long as the matter was not settled judicially.

The Supreme Court quashed the NGT’s order staying the construction of the project, and said there was no need for parallel proceedings.

The matter is pending in the Andhra Pradesh High Court and the parties should await its orders, the Supreme Court told them.

Earlier, the NGT had taken cognizance of the matter following