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Ten critical Supreme Court cases impacting Constitutional rights, society in 2026

December 25, 2025 9:11 am

From challenges to newly enacted laws on online gaming, and religious conversions, to high-stakes disputes involving, electoral roll revisions, the cases lined up before the court are likely to have far-reaching implications.

Aravallis need the Supreme Court's shield

December 25, 2025 7:36 am

The yardstick now accepted by the Court to define the Aravalli goes against the red flags raised by expert agencies

Why the Aravallis matter for the climate, air, and water of north India plains

December 25, 2025 10:15 am

Aravalli Hills Mining Controversy Explained: The Aravallis provide priceless ecological services. The range protects northern India from desert sand and helps maintain a vast groundwater reserve. Here's how.

‘No new mine leases’: Centre asks Haryana, Rajasthan & Gujarat to follow SC order

December 25, 2025 11:23 am

Directs ICFRE to identify all such land forms where mining needs to be prohibited

Amid Aravalli protests, Centre asks states to impose 'complete ban on new mining leases'

December 25, 2025 5:41 am

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has also asked the ICFRE to identify additional areas across the Aravallis where mining should be prohibited

Endorsing Aravallis definition is flawed. Legal errors can be amended, but ecological destruction cannot

December 24, 2025 6:01 pm

The Supreme Court has long stood as the ultimate guardian of India’s environmental legacy, a role that this judgment now risks diluting

In Rajasthan, why 'Save Aravalli Hills' stir marks new flashpoint, tests BJP, Cong

December 25, 2025 6:10 am

As viral videos amplify outrage over a Supreme Court-backed redefinition of Aravalli Hills, BJP, Congress spar for control of narrative amid growing protests by civil society groups over the row

On Aravallis, fake claims abound on social media and among activists. Here are the facts

December 24, 2025 1:02 pm

The plan would identify permissible areas for mining, ecologically sensitive areas, and core areas only after incorporating a thorough analysis of the cumulative environmental impacts and include post-mining restoration and rehabilitation measures

From Uttarakhand to Tamil Nadu: Amid criticism of Aravalli ruling, instances when Supreme Court kept vigil in 2025

December 24, 2025 12:33 pm

A prime example is the apex court’s recent condemnation of forest land grabbing in Uttarakhand. In a sharp rebuke, the court labelled the state government a "silent spectator" to years of encroachment and ordered a formal probe into the land seizures.

Supreme Court accepted govt’s 100-m Aravalli rule, its own panel had opposed it

December 25, 2025 5:41 am

FSI’s 3-degree definition covers lower hills of Aravallis that are excluded by the ministry’s 100-metre yardstick

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