Green Delhi Account
The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi while imposing fine over the defaulters in various criminal
and civil matters to plant trees across the NCT of Delhi with the help of Department of
Forest & Wildlife, GNCTD as a social good to the society and also to facilitate public
awareness and participation with respect to benefits of green cover of Delhi through
plantation of native trees which are vanished from various parts of Delhi due concretization
all over the urbanized Delhi.
Vide order dated 21.02.2022 the Hon’ble High Court Delhi directed for opening of bank account
in the UCO Bank, Delhi High Court Branch to facilitate the expense towards purchase of
plantation of trees, as otherwise, the money is being deposited into a government bank
account of the Forest Department.
Hon’ble High Court vide its orders have also insisted upon good maintenance of plantation and
public audit for better survival of plantations.
So far using the deposited money, plantation has been carried out in several parts of Central
Ridge and Southern Ridge which has been named as Insaff Bagh and Muafi Bagh by the Hon’ble
High Court of Delhi.
The Hon’ble Court vide order dated 11.04.2023 in Cont.Cas.No.47/2020 “Aparna Bhatt Vs.
Sakshi Singh & Ors.” , vide this the Hon’ble Court has noted the following:
“The GNCTD may consider that for all the exercise of greening the Central Ridge –
especially the Insaaf Bagh (in about 456 acres, as informed by the DCF) and in
the Maafi Bagh in the Southern Ridge spanning over hundreds of acres, developed
under various directions, of this court spanning almost half a decade. Justice
is the glue that binds a society together. Preservation of the environment and
protection of trees and ecology is the duty of each individual. The creation of
Insaaf Bagh (Justice Park) is a constant reminder of the need for justice in all
our affairs. The larger benefit to the environment and ecology, from Insaaf Bagh
and Maafi Bagh should be shared with the public so as to encourage greater
community participation in future remedial endeavours, where the citizen feel
that they are the rightful stakeholders in protecting the environment and
conserving their green areas.”
Further on 13.07.2023 the HMJ Najmi Waziri seeing the enthusiasm in the community with
respect to providing donations to the bank account created for plantation all across Delhi,
renamed the account as ‘Delhi Green Account’. Further, the Court has ordered that
anyone can contribute to this fund on voluntary basis also for providing seedlings for
plantations.
Information for Donating in Delhi Green Accout Account details:
Bank Name : UCO Bank, Delhi High Court Branch
A/c No : 15530110156933
IFSC : UCBA0001553
The relevant orders for creation and maintenance of fund are as below:
| # | Name of Case | Date of Order/Judgmen | Details of Order | Download order |
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MAC. APP. No. 978/2018 NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD Vs. HIMANSHU SHARMA & ORS
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14-07-2023
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Renamed UCO Bank As “Green Delhi Account”
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Cont.Cas. No. 660/2020 NEW DELHI NATURE SOCIETY Vs. SHRI VINAY SHEEL SAXENA & ORS
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11-07-2023
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Every tree should be geo-tagged and log –book should be maintained by the Department. The Forest Department shall keep an eye on all
plantations carried out under the court orders.
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Con.Cas.No. 312/2012 JINDAL STEEL AND POWER LIMITED Vs. Dinesh Kaushil & Anr.
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21-02-2022
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Creation of Fund
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Details of plantations using the fund:
| # | Name of Case | Date of Order/Judgment | Number of Seedlings Planted | Location of Plantation | Download order |
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1
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Cont.Cas. No. 660/2020 NEW DELHI NATURE SOCIETY Vs. SHRI VINAY SHEEL SAXENA & ORS
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07-07-2023
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120
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Delhi Parade Ground
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2
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MAC. APP. No. 978/2018 NEW INDIA ASSURANCE CO LTD Vs. HIMANSHU SHARMA & ORS
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29-05-2023
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10000
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Chaudhary Balbir Singh Marg
Baba Ramdev Marg
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Cont.Cas. No. 47/2020 "Apanna Bhatt Vs. Sakshi Singh & Ors."
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29-01-2020
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25000
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Insaaf Bagh, Central Ridge
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