The National Green Tribunal is committed towards environmental protection regardless of "grey" areas over its jurisdiction and has no conflict with the government, its chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar on Monday said.
"As an institution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has no conflict with anybody including the government. We are committed towards environment protection and implement the laws with regard to environment and ecology. We do what the law asks us to do," Justice Kumar said in reply to a question at a seminar.
"The Constitution has given us certain powers which the government cannot take and in the same way we cannot take away the powers of government. Both have their well defined roles, so there is no conflict of any kind," he said.
The NGT chief said though there were "grey" areas with regard to jurisdiction of the tribunal, yet it was trying to tread its path cautiously with due assistance from the Supreme Court.
The former apex court judge was speaking at a function organised by private think tank Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations on the topic, 'Greening Our Cities'.