The bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran said that it was a "serious matter", while noting that there appears to be "illegal tree felling" going on across the Himalayan region, as per LiveLaw.
The bench posted the matter for hearing after two weeks.
"We have seen unprecedented landslides and floods in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. From the media reports it is noticed that in the flood a huge number of wood was flowing along. Prima facie it appears that there has been illegal felling of trees,"
"Thus issue notice to respondents. Returnable in two weeks," it added.
The notice has been issued to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI) along with the governments of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
The Court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to ensure remedial measures in the matter, who then told the bench that he would speak with the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment to connect with respective officials.
The bench was hearing a plea filed by one Anamika Rana, which alleged illegal felling of trees as one of the main reasons for such catastrophic conditions.
The plea filed also noted the that the tunnels in the region nearly become "death traps" during landslides followed by heavy rains in the region.
