Environment Law/ESG and Human Rights
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) mandates the top 1,000 listed companies to submit a Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report (BRSR) annually, which covers their ESG activities. We advise clients on fulfilling corporate ESG commitments. We assist clients in adopting sustainable practices and responsible business conduct towards energy use, waste management, pollution treatment, natural resource conservation and treatment of animals.
The firm represents clients before the National Green Tribunal on cases involving environmental degradation and environment compensation. We have rendered advisory services on rules, regulations, government policy and caselaw in respect of forests, pollution, noise, air and water laws.
The firm has handled cases before various Indian courts involving discrimination arising from race, colour, gender, religion, etc. and related Right to Information actions/procedures, writ petitions, representations to the authorities, enforcement of basic human rights including the entrenched Article 25 right to freedom of religion as also challenges to abuse of powers by the State etc.
In 2024, we supported a challenge to land acquisition involving a road that was cut through a moderately dense forest land in the Aravalli hills on the southern side of New Delhi so as to protect a natural lake and its drainage through 100-year-old man-made containment and sluice gates. The firm has promoted and pursued an India Project relating to arrears of cases pending in Indian courts (approximately 50 million cases) and appropriate mechanism for the same to be decided with the participation of the International Bar Association in this regard.
The firm seeks to uphold high ethical standards by incorporating: Fair Treatment, Anti-Corruption, Transparency and Accountability.
- Aviation & Air Transport
- Commercial Arbitration & Commercial Disputes
- Corporate Law & Commercial Contracts
- Competition and Anti-Trust Law
- Consumer Protection & Product Liability
- Criminal Law
- Diplomatic Privileges and International Law
- Direct and Indirect Taxation
- Dispute Resolution - Litigation
- Employment, Labour and Industrial Law
- Environment Law/ESG and Human Rights
- Information Technology and E-contracts
- Insolvency & Bankruptcy Law
- Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity
- Land Acquisition
- Municipal Law
- Real Estate
- Right to Information Law
- Trademark, Copyright & Intellectual Property
- White-Collar Crime, Corruption and Economic Offences
- Wills, Probate & Inheritance Law
Expertise
- Overview
- Commercial Arbitration
- Air Transport Law
- Consumer Protection and Product Liability
- Competition and Anti-trust Law
- Corporate Law and Commercial Contracts
- Company Petitions, Mergers & Acquisition Law, Private Equity
- Foreign Investments, FDI and Joint Ventures
- Criminal Law
- White-collar Crime, Corruption and Economic Offences
- Supreme Court Appeals, Writs and Misc. Work
- High Court Appeals, LPA(s) and Writ
- Original Side Civil Suits
- Wills, Probates and Inheritance Law
- Direct and Indirect Tax Advice and Appeals
- Human Rights, RTI cases and Environmental Law
- Real Estate, Land Acquisition and Municipal Law
- Trademark, Copyright and Intellectual Property Agreements
- Diplomatic Privileges and International Law
- Employment, Labour and Industrial Law
- Dispute Resolution