INFORM: Infrastructure, Projects & Finance – August 2025

In our latest edition, we have shared the trends shaping the infrastructure landscape, key developments in projects, and finance, with certain case laws highlighting the judicial perspective.

Case laws:

• Right to Collect Toll Contingent on Providing Motorable Road
• TNSTC Buses Restrained from Using Toll Plazas on the Madurai–Kanyakumari Stretch
• SARFAESI Action Not Vitiated by Borrower’s Demise: J&K High Court
• SC: Judicial Interference Must Not Undermine SARFAESI Framework
• SC: Interest Automatically Applies After SEBI Order Deadline

Notifications/circulars:

• RBI Prohibits Prepayment Charges on Floating Rate Loans
• IBBI Tightens CIRP Regulations Through Fifth Amendment
• RBI Clarifies on Voluntary Pledge of Gold and Silver for MSME Loans
• NHAI Permits Insurance Surety Bonds as Performance Securities
• Sulphur Dioxide Emission Norms Relaxed
• Draft Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 2025 Issued for Comments

Quick Reads:

• Strategic Collaboration Between Indian Oil Corporation and NIIF
• State Ranking System on Ease of Land Acquisition for National Highway Projects Proposed
• Revamped Model Concession Agreement for BOT (Toll) Projects on the Anvil
• MoRTH Proposes Rating Mechanism for DPR Consultancy Firms
• SBI Seeks Senior Creditor Status in NHIT’s InvIT Framework