A contempt plea was moved in the National Green Tribunal on Wednesday against spiritual figure Sri Sri Ravi Shankar for holding the Centre and the Tribunal-appointed green panel responsible for the damage caused to the Yamuna by allowing his NGO — Art of Living — to hold a mega cultural extravaganza here in March 2016.
Interfering with justice
The plea filed by Yamuna activist Manoj Misra has sought action against Ravi Shankar and said the statement made by the Art of Living (AOL) founder interfered with free and fair dispensation of justice.
The matter has been listed for hearing on Thursday before a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar.
In the plea filed through advocates Ritwick Dutta and Rahul Choudhary, Misra said the AOL head was “in the habit” of making statements to “denigrate the dignity and status of this tribunal, which was an interference in fair dispensation of justice”, that is the bedrock of the rule of law. The NGT had earlier said Ravi Shankar had “no sense of responsibility”.
