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Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of concerns around Aravalli Hills definition, Special Bench to hear matter on 29th December

OpIndia Staff - 28 December, 2025

The Supreme Court will examine whether recently accepted definitions and safeguards adequately protect the Aravallis, even as the Centre enforces a mining freeze and environmental groups warn of loopholes enabling degradation of lower hill formations.

News Reports

Opposition’s fear mongering Vs reality in the Aravalli Hills: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav debunks false claims and lies

Shraddha Pandey - 22 December, 2025

The controversy around the Supreme Court ruling adopting the revised definition of the Aravalli Hills has been amplified by a section of social media influencers and opposition-aligned propagandists under the #SaveAravalli trend.

Government and Policy

UGC tells universities and colleges to keep campuses free of stray dogs as per Supreme Court order, orders appointment of dedicated nodal officers

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2025

In a significant step in tackling the menace of stray dog attacks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued strict directives to all higher...

Law

Supreme Court refuses to quash case against Subramaniam Swamy’s follower over comments abusing PM, says it was brazen abuse of freedom of speech

OpIndia Staff - 19 December, 2025

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a writ petition filed by Karnataka-based rebel BJP worker Gurudath Shetty Karkala, seeking to quash an...

Opinions

Fixing the front door of justice: How the Supreme Court and CJI Surya Kant are reforming the oral mentioning problem

Divyansh Tiwari - 17 December, 2025

The reform's most citizen-centric component aims to guarantee that an individual's freedom is not contingent upon a senior advocate's ability to speak at 10:30 a.m.

Law

‘Are you not a part of the Republic?’: SC raps DMK government, asks Tamil Nadu to allot land for Navodaya Vidyalayas in every district

OpIndia Staff - 16 December, 2025

"Why this mental block? If economically backward students are given the opportunity, why are you preventing that," Supreme Court asked.

News Reports

SC rules that nation’s interest lie above rights of terror accused in 2010 Jnaneshwari Express sabotage case: Here is everything you need to know...

Aditi - 13 December, 2025

The Supreme Court noted, “The rights of an individual are always subservient to the nation’s interest, the High Court fell in error in granting bail.”

Former judges of Supreme Court and High Courts condemn INDI bloc’s impeachment notice against Justice Swaminathan of Madras HC for Karthigai Deepam order

OpIndia Staff - 12 December, 2025

56 former judges, including retired Supreme Court justices, have issued a joint statement condemning the impeachment motion against Madras High Court Judge Justice G.R....

Crime

Supreme Court dismisses petition of Sanjiv Bhatt in 1996 drug planting case, Kapil Sibal appears for the disgraced ex-IPS officer

OpIndia Staff - 11 December, 2025

Disgraced ex-IPS Sanjiv Bhatt was convicted in March 2024 by a sessions court in Palanpur town of Gujarat's Banaskantha district in the 1996 drug planting case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. His conviction came 28 years after he framed a Rajasthan-based lawyer, Sumersingh Rajpurohit

Law