Madras High Court declines to entertain a social activist's plea seeking strict enforcement of Central Pollution Control Board idol-immersion guidelines ahead of Vinayaga Chaturthi, asking why he "slept on it for one year" before approaching the court at the last moment.
Rajasthan High Court disposes of a PIL on leopard-habitat protection in Jawai by declaring a 1-km interim regulatory zone around notified conservation boundaries — a precautionary screening distance, not a permanent no-construction line, pending a full state policy.