Maitreya is an independent environmental law practitioner having secured a B.A.LL.B. (Hons) from Hidayatullah National Law University.

Initiating his legal practice at the chambers of ex-President of the NGT Western Zone Bar Association Adv. Asim Sarode, Maitreya has gone on to work with the 2021 Right Livelihood awardee 'Legal Initiative for Forest and Environment' (LIFE) before commencing independent environmental law practice before various benches of the National Green Tribunal in 2022.

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