Environmental Law and Regulation: Drafting NGT Applications, EIA Challenges & Public Interest Litigations

Environmental law in India has evolved into an intensive, high-stakes domain of specialized litigation and intricate corporate compliance. Grounded in judicial activism, constitutional environmental rights under Article 21, and specialized statutory tribunals, the field demands technical fluency in scientific evidence, administrative procedure, and strategic advocacy. This comprehensive practice masterclass equips litigation attorneys, corporate compliance counsel, regulatory advocates, and law graduates with the precise competencies needed to operate before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), High Courts, the Supreme Court of India, and State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs). Throughout 16 practice-focused modules, practitioners dissect the constitutional and statutory foundations of environmental jurisprudence—from common law nuisance and strict liability to the non-delegable standard of Absolute Liability in M.C. Mehta, the Precautionary Principle and Polluter Pays Principle in Vellore Citizens, and the Public Trust Doctrine in Kamal Nath. Counsel master the drafting of Original Applications under Section 14 of the NGT Act 2010, the handling of strict limitation periods, the challenging of Court-appointed Expert Committee reports, and the execution of restitution and penalty orders under Sections 25 and 26. In the transactional and regulatory sphere, participants master the procedural lifecycle of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA Notification 2006), industrial Consent to Establish (CTE) and Consent to Operate (CTO) applications under the Air Act 1981 and Water Act 1974, corporate hazardous waste governance, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) trading, and Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) due diligence in cross-border M&A transactions.