Emission fiasco: NGT slams Volkswagen, makes its presence felt to India Inc

In the wake of the Volkswagen order, Corporate India will have to ensure strict compliance with the green tribunal's orders

The National Green Tribunal's (NGT’s) January 17 order in which it gave Volkswagen India a strict 24-hour deadline to either deposit Rs 100 crore as fine or risk the arrest of its country managing director (MD) and seizure of properties in India has come as a wake-up call for Corporate India. 

The threat of fresh penal action against Volkswagen India still looms large even after the company makes the said deposit, the four-member Bench stated. 

On November 16 last year, the green tribunal had said that the use of ‘cheat device’ by Volkswagen in diesel cars in India led to