Projects Infrastructure And Energy Newsletter | May 2025

This edition captures the regulatory developments and major judicial pronouncements pertaining to renewable energy, roads, electricity, power and oil and gas sectors. Through this newsletter, we seek to highlight the updated regulatory and legal frameworks and equip stakeholders with strategic insights.

Judicial Pronouncements

1. Supreme Court rules that land acquired by government for public purpose can't be nullified through private agreements

A division bench of the Supreme Court ("SC"), in a judgment dated March 20, 2025, held that once the government acquires land for public purposes using its sovereign power, third-party rights created after the acquisition cannot override it. The land which was the subject of the dispute was acquired by the government for establishing a grain market in Narela, Delhi. However, the respondent claimed ownership of part of the concerned land and filed a writ petition before the Delhi High Court ("HC"). The Board resolved