The Supreme Court of India, in its order dated November–December 2025, considered the recommendations of the Committee constituted by it vide order dated 9/5/24 and its further directions dated 12/8/2025 regarding uniform policy level definition of Aravali Hills and Ranges specifically in ...

1 day ago - However, concerns soon emerged ... the legal definition. On December 29, 2025, the Supreme Court put its November order in abeyance and decided that the issue required an independent expert review....

February 26, 2026 - The Supreme Court made it clear Thursday afternoon that all mining in the Aravalli Hills must stop and that status quo must be maintained till it decides otherwise, i.e., till the government and experts agree on topographical boundaries of the range.

December 29, 2025 - NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday said its earlier directions on the Aravalli hills will be kept in abeyance until a new committee is constituted.The court observed that several “critical ambiguities” needed to be resolved, particularly ...

December 29, 2025 - The Supreme Court approved a definition of the Aravalli hills as landforms, discounting their geological and ecological characteristics. Experts say this judgement undoes much of the previous court orders that have restricted mining and real ...

January 8, 2026 - Absolute Ban on Mining Permissions: No new or renewed mining leases shall be granted in the Aravali Hills and Ranges (as defined in the FSI Report dated 25.08.2010) without prior permission of the Supreme Court.

December 30, 2025 - Apart from experts, the Court has also instructed the Amicus Curae K. Parameshwar and the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee to aid the assessment. “This stay shall remain in effect until the present proceedings reach a state of logical finality,” reads the order, adding that in the interim, the Forest Survey of India’s suggested definition from 2010 should be adopted. The Forest Survey of India recommends defining the Aravallis as hills with gentle slopes of three degrees or more, with a buffer of 100 metres around the slope’s downside.

December 31, 2025 - A three-member Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday stayed its own November 20 order that accepted a 100-metre height definition for the Aravalli Hills, and decided to form a High-Powered Expert Committee with ...

December 28, 2025 - On November 20, the Supreme Court accepted the 100-metre recommendation of the ministry. ... The CEC is a body set up by the SC in 2002 to monitor and ensure compliance of its orders related to environment and forests.

The Supreme Court has stayed its own order issued on 20th November on the Aravalli hills and the Aravalli range definition.

December 29, 2025 - The Supreme Court of India has stayed its earlier order approving a uniform definition of the Aravalli hills and ranges, after observing that the recommendations of the expert committee appointed by the court had been misconstrued.

December 29, 2025 - newly demarcated ‘Aravalli Hills and Ranges’. Subsequently, and upon a · comprehensive examination of the Committee’s Report, this Court, in · its judgment dated 20.11.2025, formally accepted its findings, including · the aforementioned definition. Consequently, the following directions · were issued: “50. In the result, we pass the following order: (i) We accept the recommendations made by the Committee · with regard to the definition of Aravali Hills and Ranges given ·

December 23, 2025 - Aravalli Hills Row: Why Definition ... led to Supreme Court’s landmark order expanding the definition of forests beyond legally recognised ones to any patch of land that meets the dictionary meaning of the term.Balwan told TOI that the MoEFCC ...

December 29, 2025 - Supreme Court stays Aravalli Hills definition implementation, seeking expert opinion to prevent unregulated mining in sensitive areas.

November 24, 2025 - The Supreme Court accepted the Union government’s elevation-based definition of the Aravali Hills and Ranges.

January 2, 2026 - Supreme Court defines Aravali Hills and Ranges, adopts MoEF&CC criteria, halts new mining, and sets a uniform framework for Aravali ecosystem protection.

December 29, 2025 - Listen to this article in summarized format Listen ... The Supreme Court on Monday stayed its November 20 order that had accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli Hills and ranges.

December 31, 2025 - The Supreme Court on Monday kept in abeyance its November 20 judgment upholding a government expert panel definition restricting the world’s oldest surviving mountain systems, the Aravalli, to hills sporting an elevation of 100 metres or above, and hill clusters, slopes and hillocks located within 500 metres of each other.

December 22, 2025 - About: The Supreme Court accepted a uniform, scientific definition of the Aravalli Hills and Ranges proposed by a committee under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to regulate mining and protect the ecosystem.