Challenging the appointment of Justice Jawad Rahim as its acting chairperson, a sitting judicial member of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has moved to Supreme Court. Judicial Member Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore claimed in the top court that he was the senior-most member of the tribunal while Justice Rahim was third in the seniority list. A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and M Shantanagoudar has agreed to hear the petition, filed by Justice Raghuvendra S Rathore, a former Rajasthan High Court judge and a sitting NGT member, after the summer vacation in the second week of July. The top court had appointed Justice Rahim as the acting NGT chairperson on March 27, following which the Ministry of Environment and Forests passed an order on April 4, declaring Justice Rahim as the acting chairperson.