Shashankaa Tewari

Executive Summary The latest Issue of our Quarterly Roundup Series on Clean Energy covers the period between the months of February and May 2025. The period under review witnessed various regulatory changes in India with respect to clean energy, both at the central and state level, as well as certain key judicial developments.

Employment Bonds That Bind In a recent judgement in Vijaya Bank and Ors. v. Prashant B. Narnaware (Civil Appeal Nos. 11708 of 2016 and 11499 of 2016) decided on May 14, 2025, the Supreme Court of India considered the legal position relating to employment bonds in India. The Supreme Court re-affirmed the tests for restrictive covenants in employment contracts and opined on how the public policy exception could come into play in India’s employment law paradigm.

Landscape For Green Hydrogen In India INTRODUCTION In the backdrop of India’s ambitions to achieve its net zero emissions target by 2070, India has been following a mix of strategies, which include clean energy transition and energy use efficiency methods. One such strategy is the push towards Green Hydrogen (“GH2”) and its derivatives, like Green Ammonia (“GNH3”), for which policies have been rolled out by the central and state governments.