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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on March 11, 2016 (Friday) took strong objection to Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's remarks that he will not pay the Rs five crorse fine in connection with the three-day cultural extravanganza on Yamuna flood plains but allowed more time to his organisation to pay up.
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The panel was disturbed with Ravi Shankar's statement that he would not pay the penalty and would prefer going to jail, saying, "When a person of that stature makes such statements, it hits the rule of law. If anybody hurts the image of the tribunal, he will be taken to rule of law."
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However, the NGT considered the plea of Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) Foundation that it was a charitable organisation and it was difficult for it to generate the huge amount of Rs five crore in such a short period and asked it to pay Rs 25 lakh immediately failing which the grant of Rs 2.5 crore sanctioned to it by Centre will be attached.
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A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar also clarified that the amount of Rs five crore be treated as environmental compensation and not as penalty.
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The bench said it will attach the grant of Rs 2.5 crore, sanctioned to AOL by Ministry of Culture for the extravaganza that commences today, if it does not pay Rs 25 lakh.
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