Can revoke licence if Art of Living doesn’t pay Rs 5 crore fine: NGT

“We have not done anything wrong…we will go to jail but not pay a penny,” the 59-year-old spiritual leader said.

The court imposed a fine on the organisation after environmentalists protested that the event – looking to host lakhs of people – will damage the ecologically sensitive Yamuna flood banks.

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A group of farmers petitioned the Supreme Court asking that the licence granted be revoked, but the court refused to hear the petition asking the petitioner Bhartiya Kishan Majdoor Samiti to approach the National Green Tribunal with its plea.

Ravi Shankar said he spoke to the farmers and that they were politically motivated, and reiterated that he will convert the area into a bio-diversity park.

While President Pranab Mukherjee’s office said he will not be attending the function, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend it.

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