India, Dec. 28 -- Amid mass protests, ecological concerns and fear of large-scale unregulated mining in the wake of the recently accepted definition of the Aravalli hills by the Supreme Court of India, the apex court has now taken a suo motu cognisance of the case.

The matter would be heard by a bench comprising of three judges, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice J K Maheshwari and Justice A G Masih on December 29, according to the Live Law portal.

The new definition was accepted on November 20 after the Supreme Court in May 2024 asked for a uniform definition of the Aravallis across four states - Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi - in the context of mining.

The committee tasked with formulating the definition, admitted in ...