The Kerala High Court sought responses from the Centre and state on a PIL to halt pineapple cultivation at Athirappilly and Kallal estates, noting the land’s “potentiality of a man-animal conflict,” and asked the Plantation Corporation to address objections.
The Supreme Court declared it will formally close the long-pending MC Mehta cases from 1984–85, noting that fresh interlocutory applications filed under the same caption created a misleading impression that the original environmental, land, and Taj Trapezium matters were still pending.
The Supreme Court of India refused pleas on the Aravalli Zoo Safari, saying no one will be allowed to touch the Aravalli Range. A bench led by Surya Kant with Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi deferred permissions temporarily.
The Supreme Court completed its hearing on Delhi’s severe air pollution crisis, calling for a long-term national strategy instead of temporary bans. The Bench noted alarming health impacts and directed Punjab and Haryana to strictly implement anti-stubble measures.
