India, Jan. 16 -- A four-member panel set up by the NGT recently raisedfine on the automobile giant to Rs 171.34 crore over damage to people's health
The Supreme Court will hear the civil appeal of German automobile giant Volkswagen (VW) on January 21, against the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order of November 16, 2018.
The tribunal, in its last order, had directed the company to deposit a sum of Rs 100 crore with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for violating vehicular emission standards under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988.
In 2015, a case was filed in NGT against the automobile company by a Satvinderjeet Singh Sodhi, in the wake of VW's 'Dieselgate' scandal in the United States of America.
In US, the company was found to be...