Supreme Court (SC) Orders Removal of Encroachment from Agasthyamalai Ecological Landscape

Exam-focused facts from the 3 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

The Supreme Court (SC) has directed the priority implementation of a time-bound eviction plan to remove encroachments from the Agasthyamalai ecological landscape.
The Agasthyamalai ecological landscape is located across the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
The SC ordered disciplinary and legal action against 118 serving and retired government servants identified as encroachers.
The order was issued by a bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta.
The eviction plan must incorporate physical eviction, legal action against wilful violators, and post-eviction ecological restoration.