The Sikkim High Court sought government action on early warnings for glacial-lake disasters.
Judge / Bench — Chief Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque, authoring judge; Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan.
The 5 November 2026 order in WP(PIL)11/2026 seeks responses by 18 November on 40 high-risk lakes, proposed nodal officers and cardamom-crop decline.
Advocates appearing — Amici curiae: Sudhir Mishra, assisted by Ritwika Nanda, Petal Chandhok and Aadya Sharma (through VC); Dr (Mrs.) Doma T. Bhutia, Senior Advocate, with Saurav Rai and Sonam Topden Bhutia; T. R. Barfungpa, Senior Advocate, with Parvin Manger. R1–12,14–15: Aarohi Bhalla (through VC) and Zangpo Sherpa, Additional Advocate Generals, with S. K. Chettri, Government Advocate, and Sujan Sunwar, Assistant Government Advocate. R13,16,18,19,21: Sangita Pradhan, Deputy Solicitor General of India, with Natasha Pradhan and Amit Kumar Sharma. R17: Rahul Rathi. R20: Sachina P.Y. Subba.