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 ...

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 29, 2025 - India News: 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.

March 28, 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 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 ...

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

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 federal government and environment experts agree on the topographical ...

December 29, 2025 - The matter follows a November 20 order in which the court accepted a uniform, scientific definition of the Aravalli hills and ranges and banned fresh mining leases across Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat until expert reports are finalised.

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 1, 2026 - The Supreme Court (SC) has kept in abeyance its November 2025 judgment that upheld a restrictive definition of the Aravalli hills based on 100-metre elevation and 500-metre cluster criteria.

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.

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.

January 7, 2026 - In its judgment dated 20 November ... of the Aravalli Hills: only landforms rising 100 metres or more above local relief, along with their slopes and adjacent land, qualify as part of the range....

December 28, 2025 - In its October 14 letter reviewed ... that the definition formulated by the Forest Survey of India (FSI) should be “adopted in order to ensure the protection and conservation of the ecology of the Aravalli Hills and its range.” ... On October ...

December 29, 2025 - Amid concerns over the recent redefinition of the Aravalli Hills, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of the matter on Saturday (December 27, 2025) and decided to hear it on Monday (December 29, 2025).

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 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.

June 3, 2026 - However, noting that certain clarifications were needed regarding the definition of Aravalli Hills it had earlier approved, the Supreme Court had on December 29, 2025 ordered to keep in abeyance its November 20, 2025 ruling that was based on ...