Overview
- On December 29, the Supreme Court put its 100‑metre Aravalli hills definition in abeyance and ordered a new expert committee to review concerns.
- In a 2:1 November 18 decision, the court permitted ex‑post facto environmental clearances after having struck them down in May.
- The court consolidated directions on stray dogs by requiring removal from institutional areas, rehabilitation in shelters, and sterilisation and vaccination.
- Major corporate outcomes advanced as the court upheld JSW Steel’s Bhushan Power plan, the NCLT cleared Vedanta’s demerger, and AGR relief to Vodafone Idea was allowed.
- A Constitution Bench said courts cannot impose assent timelines on governors or the president but held that indefinite withholding is impermissible, while the Law Ministry began repealing dozens of obsolete laws and pushed measures to reduce case pendency.