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The Aravalli verdict is stayed, but its signal for forest governance is unmistakable
December 30, 2025 6:43 pm
From the apex court's scrutiny to rising human-wildlife conflict and FRA enforcement, India’s forest districts face an urgent governance reset
Aravalli mining not driven by strategic mineral but construction demand, says Prof Mahesh Rangarajan: ‘We may be transforming geology’
December 30, 2025 11:51 am
Speaking at Pune’s IUCAA, Prof Mahesh Rangarajan highlighted India’s important role in global affairs and said one “can’t think of the future of humanity without looking at a sixth of humanity.”
SC's Aravalli stay order questions 'structural paradox' of 100-m rule
December 30, 2025 7:26 pm
Panel of domain experts to study impact of leaving out lower Aravallis, gaps wider than 500 metre between hills
SC stays 100-metre Aravalli definition | Suo motu review, same bench strength: Why this is a rare recall order
December 30, 2025 3:09 pm
The CJI Surya Kant-led special bench effectively reviewed its own earlier decision through a suo motu case, instead of acting on a formal review petition by an aggrieved party.
SC cites ‘outcry among environmentalists’, ‘concern over misinterpretation’ while staying 100-metre Aravalli definition
December 30, 2025 9:22 am
The Supreme Court, which initiated suo motu proceedings following the public outcry over the November 20 Aravallis judgment, has proposed to set up a high-powered expert panel to look into the matter.
Lost in definition: Why SC’s reversal of its position on Aravallis is significant
December 29, 2025 5:38 pm
This matter also highlights a fundamental challenge in Indian environmental governance of translating ecological realities into justiciable legal standards
Aravalli definition row: Supreme Court stays its order on '100-metre' rule. All about the controversy
December 29, 2025 2:46 pm
On November 20, the Supreme Court accepted recommendations of a panel constituted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change), defining the Aravalli Hills as landforms rising at least 100 metres above local relief.
With SC stay on Aravallis judgment, tracing the apex court’s past interventions
December 29, 2025 6:35 pm
Since the mid-1990s, the court has relied on two long-running public interest cases to regulate mining, construction, forest loss and urbanisation around the Aravallis.
Supreme Court stays 100-metre Aravalli definition, to form new expert panel to resolve critical ambiguities
December 30, 2025 8:21 am
The Centre's '100 metres' definition, which had been accepted by the top court earlier, had put the Aravalli Hills at risk over concerns of mining.
Aravalli definition row back in Supreme Court, hearing tomorrow
December 28, 2025 3:38 am
Court initiates suo motu proceedings after storm over threat to hills
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