US EditionIndia's top court keeps in abeyance its Aravalli hills judgment, to form new expert panel
- On Monday the Supreme Court of India stayed implementation of its November 2025 judgment on the Aravalli Hills and kept committee recommendations in abeyance until a fresh committee is formed.
- The bench warned the revised 100-metre rule could be misconstrued and facilitate unregulated mining in ecologically sensitive areas, with Forest Survey of India finding it may remove protection from over 90 percent of the Aravalli range.
- Notices were issued to all stakeholders, and the Attorney General of India and senior advocates were asked to assist on committee composition; the government-led mapping exercise using the 100-metre criterion is on hold.
- The Aravalli Hills and Ranges are among India’s oldest formations, with environmental groups, opposition parties and local groups criticising the earlier ruling for enabling mining without public consultations.
- The court scheduled the next hearing for January 21, 2026 and called for a high-powered expert committee to reassess how the Aravalli range should be mapped and regulated.
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Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyaan Welcomes SC Stay, Calls for Complete Protection of Mountain Range
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. However, the group expressed deep concern over the use of "Expert Committees" to define what constitutes the Aravallis. India News | Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyaan Welcomes SC Stay, Calls for Complete Protection of Mountain Range.
SC keeps Aravalli definition ruling in abeyance, seeks expert review
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, December 29, kept in abeyance the directions in its November 20 verdict that had accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli hills and ranges recommended by a committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. A vacation bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices J K Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih proposed to constitute a high-powered committee comprising d…
SC keeps Aravalli Hills directions in abeyance, seeks high-powered expert panel
Court expresses concerns that the revised definition may broaden non-Aravalli areas, potentially enabling unregulated mining and ecological.Aravalli Hills, Supreme Court, mining, environmental safeguards, ecological degradation, Aravalli Range, revised definition, expert committee, sustainable mining, illegal mining, environmental law, court order, environmental impact assessment, ecological continuity, mountain range protection
India's top court keeps in abeyance its Aravalli hills judgment, to form new expert panel
Amid sharp criticism from environmentalists and political leaders, the Supreme Court has put its recent Aravalli ruling in abeyance and signalled a fresh review of how the ancient hill range is defined
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