law: The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 
  2. Definitions. – 
  1.     
  
    In
  
  this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 
  a.      "accident"
  
  means an accident involving a fortuitous or sudden or unintended occurrence
  
  while handling any hazardous substance or equipment, or plant, or vehicle
  
  resulting in continuous or intermittent or repeated exposure to death, of, or,
  
  injury to, any person or damage to any property or environment but does not
  
  include an accident by reason only of war or civil disturbance;
  b.     "Chairperson"
  
  means the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal;
  c.      "environment"
  
  includes water, air and land and the inter-relationship, which exists among and
  
  between water, air and land and human beings, other living creatures, plants,
  
  micro-organism and property;
  d.     "Expert
  
  Member" means a member of the Tribunal who, is appointed as such, and
  
  holds qualifications specified in sub-section (2) of section 5, and, is not a
  
  Judicial Member;
  e.      "handling",
  
  in relation to any hazardous substance, means the manufacture, processing,
  
  treatment, package, storage, transportation, use, collection, destruction,
  
  conversion, offering for sale, transfer or the like of such hazardous
  
  substance;
  f.      "hazardous
  
  substance" means any substance or preparation which is defined as
  
  hazardous substance in the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, and exceeding
  
  such quantity as specified or may be specified by the Central Government under
  
  the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991;
  g.     "injury"
  
  includes permanent, partial or total disablement or sickness resulting out of
  
  an accident;
  h.      "Judicial
  
  Member" means a member of the Tribunal who is qualified to be appointed as
  
  such under sub-section (1) of section 5 and includes the Chairperson;
  i.       "notification"
  
  means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
  j.       "person"
  
  includes-
                       
  
   i.        
  
  
  
    an
  
  individual,
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    a
  
  Hindu undivided family,
                     
  
   iii.        
  
    a
  
  company,
                     
  
   iv.        
  
  
  
    a
  
  firm,
                      
  
   v.        
  
    an
  
  association of persons or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not,
                     
  
   vi.        
  
    trustee
  
  of a trust,
                    
  
   vii.        
  
  
  
    a
  
  local authority, and
                   
  
   viii.        
  
    every
  
  artificial juridical person, not falling within any of the preceding
  
  sub-clauses;
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  k.      "prescribed"
  
  
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  l.       "Schedule"
  
  means Schedules I, II and III appended to this Act;
  m.    ("substantial
  
  question relating to environment" shall include an instance where,-
                       
  
   i.        
  
    there
  
  is a direct violation of a specific statutory environmental obligation by a
  
  person by which,- 
  A.     the community at
  
  large other than an individual or group of individuals is affected or likely to
  
  be affected by the environmental consequences; or
  B.     the gravity of damage
  
  to the environment or property is substantial; or
  C.     the damage to public
  
  health is broadly measurable;
                      
  
   i.        
  
  
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    the
  
  environmental consequences relate to a specific activity or a point source of
  
  pollution;
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  n.      "Tribunal"
  
  
  
  means the National Green Tribunal established under section 3;
  o.     "workman"
  
  has the meaning assigned to it in the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1923.(2) The
  
  words and expressions used in this Act but not defined herein and defined in
  
  the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Water
  
  (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977, the Forest (Conservation)
  
  Act, 1980, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, the
  
  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
  
  and the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and other Acts relating to environment
  
  shall have the meaning, respectively, assigned to them in those Acts.