Asia: Energy and Natural Resources

This March 2026 legal newsletter examines pivotal judicial pronouncements and regulatory developments spanning arbitration, competition law, constitutional matters, insolvency proceedings, and environmental regulations. The comprehensive analysis explores how recent legal shifts impact businesses and professionals navigating India's dynamic regulatory environment across multiple practice areas including renewable energy, real estate, mining, and white collar crime.

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India's energy, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors witnessed significant regulatory developments in February and March 2026, spanning power generation frameworks, oil and gas supply regulations, maritime investment mechanisms, and mineral governance reforms. Key measures include amendments to captive power plant rules, carbon credit trading regulations, enhanced consumer protection in petroleum distribution, and stricter environmental compliance standards for solar waste and plastic management.

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The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (“NGHM”), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. A global demand of over 100 (hundred) million metric tonnes of green hydrogen and its derivatives is expected to emerge by 2030.

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The global imperative to combat climate change has catalysed the development of robust market-based mechanisms for carbon emissions reduction, and India has progressively aligned itself with this international...

Supreme Court through its judgement dated 07.05.2026 in the matter of Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission v Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited has held that consumers cannot be required to pay for depreciation costs for power plants which are no longer supplying electricity.

APTEL, vide judgement dated 27.04.2026 in Appeal Nos. 190 of 2019 and 216 of 2019 titled Damodar Valley Corporation v West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission & Another, dismissed the appeals filed by Damodar Valley Corporation (“DVC”), upholding the finding of the West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (“WBERC”) that radial mode of supply by a generating company to a distribution licensee cannot be considered as sale to a consumer.

The Government of India is implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission (“NGHM”), with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. A global demand of over 100 (hundred) million metric tonnes of green hydrogen and its derivatives is expected to emerge by 2030.