The orders of constitutional courts prevail over that of statutory tribunals if they contradict each other, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, while setting aside a National Green Tribunal (NGT) ban imposed on construction at Rushikonda hills in Visakhapatnam.
A Vacation Bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and Hima Kohli said the NGT should not have intervened when the High Court was already seized of the case.
“Conflicting orders passed by the NGT and the High Court would lead to an anomalous situation. The authorities would be faced with difficulty which orders to follow. In such a case, orders from the constitutional court would prevail over statutory tribunals,” the apex court observed.
