The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has initiated a suo motu Public Interest Litigation after taking note of an emerging ecological and heritage crisis at the Lonar Crater Lake in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district. The court’s intervention follows reports of a sharp rise in the lake’s water level, threatening ancient temples and the crater’s unique saline ecosystem. This action was taken with the aim of preserving the lake’s natural state and protecting the ancient temples in the area. Lonar Crater, formed by a meteorite impact during the Pleistocene Epoch, is the only known hyper-velocity impact crater in basaltic rock in India. Loss of salinity, the petition states, would amount to a great disaster to the saline nature of the Lonar Crater.