Ultimately, AoL defaulted on the promise made to NGT about paying the remaining amount (Rs 4.75 crore) by April 1, 2016. Instead, it filed a Miscellaneous Application stating that they would rather give a bank guarantee than the actual amount. AoL further asked the Courts if they could assist in the damage assessment and pay the amount only after that assessment is done. Rather than NGT feeling enraged at this outlandish attitude and brazenness of AoL and ideally reprimanding them for violating their orders and directions one after another, the tribunal became a mute spectator to the assault on its own dignity. The NGT’s empowered Principal Committee has not submitted its final damage assessment report as yet (they were supposed to do so within four weeks as well). AoL appears to be dictating the text of the judgement to the NGT at every stage and the NGT seems to be accepting their diktats.