New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Pollution, stray dog attacks, mining vs ecology in Aravalis were some of the most significant cases that were taken up by the Supreme Court during the year 2025. The Law Ministry too made game-changing interventions to reduce the massive backlog in court by fast-tracking matters where the government was the litigant and setting up alternate resolution courts to clear pendency in the SC and the high courts.
In the matter concerning the Aravallis, the SC took heed to environmentalists raising hue and cry on what they saw Government cleverly tweaking rules to let more mining companies ply their drilling machines in the laps of the mountain range. The court reversed its own order that had accepted the earlier committee re...