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Flagship Practice

Environment & NGT

Representation and advisory across environmental regulation — before the National Green Tribunal, Pollution Control Boards, appellate authorities, and up to the Supreme Court.

Scope of Work

National Green Tribunal

  • Original applications before the National Green Tribunal
  • Appeals under the environmental statutes
  • Representation in suo motu and public-interest environmental proceedings

Pollution Control Boards

  • Consent to Establish and Consent to Operate (CC&A) matters
  • Response to show-cause notices and closure directions
  • Bank-guarantee, restoration and remediation questions

Appellate & Statutory

  • Appeals before Appellate Authorities under the Air Act, 1981 and the Water Act, 1974
  • Compliance under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
  • Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Clearance advisory

Local Authorities

  • Representation of municipal and notified-area authorities on environmental matters
  • Appellate and writ remedies up to the Supreme Court of India

Approach

Environmental matters sit at the meeting point of regulation, science and administrative law. The firm reads the technical record — consent conditions, monitoring data, inspection reports — alongside the statutory framework, so that the legal case rests on the facts as they actually stand.

The practice serves both regulated entities and public authorities, and that breadth informs how each matter is argued: with attention to the statutory scheme, the compliance history, and the remedy that fits the stage of proceedings.

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