We have been witnessing poor auto sales this year primarily due to the transition from BS-IV to BS-VI but it would not be incorrect to state that the number of vehicles has almost doubled in the last decade and the sector has witnessed a 10% growth rate.
The formation of industrial clusters has helped the MSMEs get organised. However, the key to the success of these MSMEs located in industrial clusters is in ensuring that they comply with the applicable environmental norms.
We hope you found our earlier environmental newsletter helpful. In light of the positive feedback received from many of you, we have decided to make our environmental newsletter a quarterly feature. In this light please find attached the first issue for the year 2020. With environment, health and safety issues gaining prominence across the globe, this issue highlights some of the important orders and judgments passed by Indian courts.
The past year witnessed a number of significant developments related to environmental law and policy in India. These included crucial judgements and orders being passed by the courts especially the Supreme Court of India and the National Green Tribunal. This also included a slew of amendments to the Indian environmental law landscape.
Prateek Kumar is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group in the New Delhi office.
Vanita Bhargava is a Senior Member of the Dispute Resolution Team in the New Delhi office. She is also an advocate on record in Supreme Court. She has almost 20 years of experience in a variety of matters including matters relating to constitutional laws, taxation laws, environment laws, civil laws, corporate laws, mining laws, forest laws, shareholding disputes and arbitration (domestic and international), banking laws and insolvency matters.
