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From the Aravalli mountain system  to the mangrove ecosystems along India’s coasts , the country finds itself at the same moral crossroads that Amitav Ghosh evokes in The Hungry Tide  — where nature remembers what law chooses to forget, and where ecological consequences return with relentless force. If environmental justice continues to be diluted in the name of development, the Constitution of India risks becoming a silent witness to ecological destruction . This silence is

The Supreme Court of India has stayed the implementation of its own earlier directions  concerning the definition of the Aravalli Hills and Aravalli mountain range, citing the need for further expert clarification  on issues with significant environmental implications. A vacation Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant , along with Justices J.K. Maheshwari and A.G. Masih , ordered that the directions issued by the apex court on November 20, 2025 , along wit