Compensation for Environmental Damage: Progressively Casting a Wider Net, but What’s the Catch? https://www.transnat.org/post/compensation-for-environmental-damage-progressively-casting-a-wider-net-but-what-s-the-catch Published by the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law (Vol. 53, No. 4, 2021 ..read more

Registration Open 8th Certificate Course on “Nuclear Energy and Law” (Online) March, 2021 (4 Saturdays: 6/13/20/27 March) Open to all disciplines Program Details and Registration Organized by Nuclear Law Association, In association with TERI School of Advanced Studies, and Sai University & Daksha Fellowship ..read more

Journal of Public Affairs [Feb 2020] An exploration of public risk perception and governmental engagement of nuclear energy in India M P Ram Mohan & Sreenath K. Namboodhiry Abstract Public acceptance constitutes an important factor in successfully establishing and operating nuclear power plants. This paper explores public attitudes to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project commissioned in 2013 and situated in Southern India, through assessing the role of socio‐demographic factors, externalities, and social trust in determining the level of public acceptance. An exploratory survey (n  ..read more

Right of Recourse Claims Based on Latent Defects in the Nuclear Energy Sector in India: Brace Yourself for Fact-Intensive Disputes M P Ram Mohan & Els Reynaers University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review, Vol 15, Iss 2 Abstract This paper analyses how a case were to unfold if an operator of a nuclear installation were to exercise its right of recourse against a supplier in the event of supply of equipment or material with latent defects, as envisaged under the unique Section 17(b) of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 (CLND Act), adopted by the Indian Parliament. https://scho ..read more

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE & CALL FOR PAPERS The role of law in society have attracted the attention of scholars both within and outside India for many decades. The research into the interface between law and society has resulted in many scholarly works and development of curricula centred around these themes. Recently, the attention of scholars has turned to the impact of law on processes of economic and social progress. Fresh inquiries are made into the impact of development on marginalised sections of the society, on environment and on constitutional values like justice and equality. In this ..read more

REGISTRATION OPEN: 7th Certificate Course on “Nuclear Energy and Law” Monday 2 – Friday 6 March, 2020 Program details/Registration: Course details and registration & 2020 Course Outline Open to students from all disciplines TERI School of Advanced Studies, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi Course Coordinator: Dr. Vishnu Konoorayar Associate Professor and Head, Center for Post Graduate Legal Studies TERI School of Advanced Studies: Email: vishnu.konoorillam@terisas.ac.in Course Directors: Ms Els Reynaers Kini, General Secretary, NLA & Partner, M V Kini Law Firm Email: secretary@nlain.org M P ..read more

  New publication (October 2019): Published by Administration and Society Nuclear Energy Safety, Regulatory Independence, and Judicial Deference: The Case of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India (M P Ram Mohan, K V Gopakumar & Tyson Smith) Abstract: Research examining regulatory independence has either suggested de jure independence to be a predictor of de facto independence or suggested that the presence of de jure may not always indicate de facto independence. We study the Indian Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) to emphasize how AERB has enjoyed de facto independence, e ..read more

IIMA Working Paper: Right of recourse claims based on latent defects in the nuclear energy sector in India: brace yourself for fact- intensive disputes Click to access 15120337482019-05-01.pdf This working paper is focused on trying to interpret the meaning of “latent defects” and analysing how a case were to unfold if an operator of nuclear installation were to exercise its right of recourse against a supplier in the event of supply of equipment or material with latent defects, as envisaged under the unique Section 17(b) of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010 (CLND Act), a ..read more

6th Certificate Course on “Nuclear Energy and Law” Monday 4 – Friday 8 March, 2019, New Delhi Course details: Nuclear-law-course-march-2019-brochure_final Participation form _final 2019 -Nuclear law course – detailed day wise programme – final Course Coordinator: Dr. Vishnu Konoorayar Associate Professor and Head Center for Post Graduate Legal Studies TERI School of Advanced Studies Email: vishnu.konoorillam@terisas.ac.in Course Directors: Ms Els Reynaers Kini, General Secretary, NLA & Partner, M V Kini Law Firm Email: secretary@nlain.org M.P. Ram Mohan, President, NLA & Associate Prof ..read more

Which Interpretational Route Will the Supreme Court of India Follow When Faced with the Contentious Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010? Ram Mohan M P Published in: Statute Law Review, OUP (April 2018 ..read more