India: Environment

The concept emerged from international climate architecture - first under the Kyoto Protocol, 1997, which introduced market-based mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism, allowing developed countries to offset emissions by investing in reduction projects in developing nations, and subsequently under the Paris Agreement, 2015, which commits signatory nations to achieving their self-declared Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) towards limiting global temperature rise.

The Ministry of Environment has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026...

The Supreme Court of India delivered a significant judgment in Harbinder Singh Sekhon & Ors. v. State of Punjab & Ors., adjudicated by a Division Bench. The judgment addresses two interrelated but distinct questions...

The concept emerged from international climate architecture - first under the Kyoto Protocol, 1997, which introduced market-based mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism, allowing developed countries to offset emissions by investing in reduction projects in developing nations, and subsequently under the Paris Agreement, 2015, which commits signatory nations to achieving their self-declared Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) towards limiting global temperature rise.

The 30th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-30), held in Belém, Brazil from 10–21 November 2025, marked a strategic transition in the international climate regime ...

India has committed to achieving 500 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2030, a target requiring unprecedented land acquisition amidst competing sectoral demands.

In a seminal 2:1 verdict delivered on November 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of India allowed the Review Petition filed by the Confederation of Real Estate Developers of India (CREDAI)

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

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.

The Ministry of Environment has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026...

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles have rapidly evolved from a niche compliance requirement to an essential strategic priority in the Indian...

In an environmental intervention, the Supreme Court of India has converted a municipal compliance dispute into a nationwide governance mandate.