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SC to appoint amicus over Himachal natural disasters
Hindustan Times Jammu
|August 26, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday decided to appoint an amicus curiae to assist it in a matter over the ecological imbalance in Himachal Pradesh.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was hearing a suo motu case over the ecological and environmental conditions in Himachal Pradesh.
On July 28, a different bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said the state might “vanish in thin air” if the situation did not change.
‘On Monday, Himachal Pradesh’s advocate general and additional advocate general informed the bench about a report being filed by the state on August 23.
This story is from the August 26, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Jammu.
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