Courts must embrace foreign jurisprudence on climate law: Supreme Court Justice KV Viswanathan

Published on : 09 Nov 2025, 4:49 am 2 min read

Indian courts must increasingly rely on foreign jurisprudence when dealing with climate-linked commercial disputes, Supreme Court judge Justice KV Viswanathan said on Saturday.

The theory that foreign jurisprudence is not welcome is over, he said.

He was speaking at the 6th Full Meeting of the Standing International Forum of Commercial Courts (SIFoCC) in New Delhi during a hybrid session connected with a panel in Rio de Janeiro.

" What’s really emerging is that this problem has to be addressed collectively… it’s time now to say that light and knowledge should be welcomed from all sources .” he said, citing observations made in the Hamilton Law Lectures by Lord Hope.

Justice Viswanathan said the climate crisis presents shared c