Justice Mehta had underscored that the problem was not confined to Himachal. “This is not going to be limited to Himachal only… the entire Himalayan region,” he observed, adding that another ecological incident had been reported on September 12, during the pendency of the case. on August 25, the Apex Court had taken suo motu a matter concerning the ecological imbalance in Himachal Pradesh, where it had earlier sounded a stark warning that the State may “vanish into thin air” if immediate remedial measures were not undertaken. In a related news, on September 15, the Apex Court also reserved its orders in a suo motu case concerning custodial deaths and the lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations across Rajasthan. on September 4, the Apex Court had initiated a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) on the lack of functional CCTV cameras in police stations across the country, following media reports of 11 custodial deaths in 2025.