India, Jan. 16 -- The SUpreme Court passed orders on the definition of the Aravallis on November 20, 2025, stating that landforms above 100 m in the range will be considered as Aravalli hills. This was done for the purpose of enabling mining by preparing a so-called Management Plan for Sustainable Mining (MSMP) in the Aravalli's on the lines of Saranda Mining Plan.

While this definition of the Aravallis is dangerous and untenable, it also is violative of a previous order of the same court in another case-WP 1164/23 (Ashok Sharma case), dated March 4, 2025.

The WP 1164/23 was filed by a group of former bureaucrats and environmental activists challenging the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act 2023. The Supreme Court, on two occasions in ...