<p>The Karnataka High Court’s decision to take <em>suo motu</em> cognisance of rampant illegal sand mining and to signal that a court-monitored probe may be required is, on the one hand, welcome and, on the other, deeply unsettling. It amounts to an acknowledgement that the state’s enforcement machinery has…
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Source URL: https://article.wn.com/view/2026/02/02/A_crime_without_consequence/