Prof. M P Ram Mohan

Teaching

• Legal Aspects of Business (Core course for PGP 1 & ePGP)
• Business Negligence, Liability and Law (electives for PGP and ePGP)
• Law in Management of Business, Markets and Resources (FPM Course)

Cases

• Automobile recall and liability: Katzer Motors Private Limited [Details]
• Corporate Criminal Liability in India [Details]
• Criminal Negligence and Director's Liability Under Indian Penal Code: The case of Bhopal Gas Tragedy [Details]

Area of Research

• Empirical Legal Studies
• Risk Regulation and Governance
• Studies on Judiciary
• Law and Public Policy
• State/Industrial Liability and Law
• Energy and Infrastructure law

Publications

2020

1. Right of Recourse Claims Based on Latent Defects in the Nuclear Energy Sector in India: Brace Yourself for Fact-Intensive Disputes, University of Pennsylvania Asian Law Review, Vol 15, Iss 2

2. Law of Restitution for Unjust Enrichment in India, Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, [2020] L.M.C.L.Q. 104

3. The doctrine of frustration under section 56 of the Indian Contract Act, Indian Law Review

2019

1. Hydraulic fracturing and groundwater contamination in India: evaluating the need for precautionary action, Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law

2. Nuclear Energy Safety, Regulatory Independence, and Judicial Deference: The Case of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board of India, Administration & Society

3. 'Medical Negligence and Law: Application of Bolam and Bolitho Rules in India', Economic and Political Weekly, Vo. 54, Iss 42

2018

1. 'Which Interpretational Route Will the Supreme Court of India Follow When Faced with the Contentious Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act, 2010?', Statute Law Review, , https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmy007

2. 'Constitution, Supreme Court and Regulation of Coal Sector in India', NUJS Law Review,  Volume 11 Issue 1

2017

1.  ‘Legal and policy challenges towards monitoring of air quality and data dissemination across India', Commentary, Economic Political Weekly, Vol. 52, Issue No. 41

2. Constitutional mandate and judicial initiatives influencing WASH programmes in India, Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 

3. Nuclear Energy Safety: A Year in Review, The Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Oxford University Press 

​2016- 2006

1. Public Hearings in Environmental Clearance Process: Review of Judicial Intervention, The Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 51, Issue No. 50 

2. An exploratory analysis of occupational accidents and risks from nuclear reactors in India, Safety Science, Vol. 78, pp - 155–162

3. The Supreme Court of India and Inter-State water dispute: an analysis of the judgements on Mullaperiyar Dam, Water Policy, Vol. 17 Issu. 6, pp 1003-1018

4. Nuclear energy and risk assessment by Indian courts: analysis of judicial intervention in the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, Journal of Risk Research, vol 18, issu 8, pp 1051-1069

5. Nuclear liability law in India. An appraisal of extent of liability, right of recourse and transboundary application, Journal of Risk Research, Vol 17, Iss 1

6. A Nuclear Liability Framework for South Asia: Formation of South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Nuclear Risk Community, International Journal of Nuclear Law, Vol. 4 No 1

7. Biofuels Law in Asia- Instruments for Energy Access and Security, Environmental Protection and Rural Empowerment, Asian Biotechnology and Development Review, Vol.6, No 2, Pp 51 – 75

Books

1. Tyson R. Smith & M.P. Ram Mohan (2018), 'Handbook on Nuclear Regulatory Framework in India', Eastern Book Company

2. M P Ram Mohan (2015), Nuclear Energy and Liability in South Asia: Institutions, Legal Frameworks and Risk Assessment within SAARC, Springer (http://www.springer.com/in/book/9788132223429)

Book Chapters

1. (2018), 'Indian Civil Nuclear Liability Law (CNLD Act): An Adventurism or Exceptionalism in International Legal Discourse', in Locating India in the Contemporary International Legal Order (eds) Srinivas Burra & Rajesh Babu, Springer

2. (2017), Liability and Regulatory Aspects of Nuclear Energy Promotion in South Asia, In Janardhanan, N & others. eds. Resurgence of Nuclear Power Challenges and Opportunities for Asia, Springer

3. (2011), "Land Acquisition Act, 1894- Historical overview of judicial interpretation" in, Development induced Displacement - Rehabilitation and Resettlement in India. Current Issues and Challenges, Book edited by Sakarama Somayaji and Smrithi Talwar, Routledge South Asia Series, PP 13-22

1. ‘Allottees' as financial creditors: pushing the conceptual limits of the Indian insolvency regime [November 2019]

2. Right of recourse claims based on latent defects in the nuclear energy sector in India: brace yourself for fact-intensive disputes [May 2019]

Awards & Honors