2.2. Whether the Project/Procurement Process is Permissible under the General Law?

The project being developed as a PPP must be permissible under the common law. The project and all its various components must be legally tenable and this includes compliance with certain enactments in the realm of general, civil and criminal/penal law such as the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Mercantile Law including the Indian Contract Act, 1872, the Companies Act, 1956/2013, Sale of Goods Act, 1930, Law of Torts, Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, Transfer of Property, 1882, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1986, and the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, etc. as amended from time to time.