The Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on a plea challenging the Wetlands Rules, 2017, over the allegedly vague definition of “wetland”. Petitioners argued the rules weakened environmental safeguards by excluding several ecologically sensitive water bodies from legal protection under constitutional and environmental principles
The Bombay High Court pulled up the Centre over delay in responding to a plea by the mother of Agniveer Murali Naik, seeking equal benefits with regular soldiers under the Agnipath Scheme after his death in Operation Sindoor