India: Environmental Law

The long-term stability of India’s power sector depends not only on generation capacity and infrastructure growth, but also on the legal and regulatory certainty governing fuel supply arrangements. Power Purchase Agreements (“PPAs”), particularly those executed through competitive bidding under the Electricity Act, 2003, are structured on commercial assumptions relating to the long-term availability, pricing, and sourcing of coal.

Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) considerations have moved far beyond corporate sustainability reports and boardroom policy discussions. Today, ESG has become deeply embedded in infrastructure financing, project valuation, regulatory approvals, investment due diligence, and long-term asset bankability across India.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision addresses decades of illegal forest encroachments in the ecologically critical Agasthyamalai landscape, home to tiger reserves and globally significant biodiversity. Balancing environmental restoration with humanitarian rehabilitation...

This newsletter examines landmark Supreme Court rulings on Change in Law provisions in power procurement contracts and the treatment of Generation Based Incentives in renewable energy tariff determination.

The Supreme Court of India has ruled on a contentious wildlife management case involving hundreds of spotted deer in Delhi's A.N. Jha Deer Park, ordering their translocation to tiger reserves in Rajasthan.

The intersection of infrastructure development and environmental protection has increasingly become a site of judicial scrutiny in India. In Court on its Own Motion v. State of Himachal Pradesh & Ors

In the January edition of our monthly newsletter "Legalaxy", our team analyses some of the key developments in securities market, corporate, finance and labour.

India's Union Budget 2026-27, presented by Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2026, represents a transformative fiscal commitment to Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks, with substantial investments directed toward climate resilience, sustainable infrastructure, and inclusive growth.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in India has amended the Uniform Consent Guidelines notified under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, as reported in a Press Information Bureau release on January 28, 2026.