India, June 3 -- The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member committee to arrive at a uniform definition of the ecologically fragile Aravalli range to regulate future mining activities, and submit a report on the conservation of the range by August 31.

The panel will be headed by Director General of Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) Kanchan Devi, according to the May 25 order passed by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant.

The court said that any course of action adopted should be informed, scientifically sound, and consistent with the principles of environmental protection and sustainable development.

The court further asked the committee to be mindful of the "varied and competing consi...