Top Court Stays Own Order On Aravalli Range Definition, Seeks Experts' Report
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed its own order from last month that accepted a revised definition of the Aravalli mountain range near Delhi – a decision activists and scientists alleged could open vast stretches of the fragile ecosystem to illegal and unregulated mining.
A vacation bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said, "We deem it necessary that the recommendations of the committee and directions of this court be kept in abeyance."
The court also ordered the formation of a new committee to study issues that need to be examined, or re-examined, in terms of an updated definition of the mountain range.
