HRISHIKESH ROY, J. - (1.) "Estragon: Let 's go. Vladimir: We can 't. Estragon: Why not? Vladimir: We 're waiting for Godot. " (Beckett, S. (1954). Waiting for Godot: Tragicomedy in 2 Acts.) Leave granted in the Special Leave Petitions.
(2.) The consideration to be made in these matters is whether the National Green Tribunal (for short "the NGT ") has the power to exercise Suo Motu jurisdiction in discharge of its functions under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (for short, "the NGT Act 2010 ").
(3.) In the lead case in this group, i.e. the Civil Appeal No. 86 of 2019, the NGT noticed an article titled "Garbage Gangs of Deonar: The Kingpins and Their Multi-Crore Trade " in the online news portal, The Quint. The article spoke of how mismanagement of solid waste had an adverse impact on the environment, public health and lives of individuals living in the vicinity of the dumping ground in Mumbai city.;