Uttarakhand HC recognizes Ganga and Yamuna rivers as ‘living entities’


Uttarakhand HC recognizing the Ganga and Yamuna rivers as living entities is the first such instance in India where a non-human has been given the tag

The Uttarakhand high court has recognized the Ganga and the Yamuna as so-called living entities, giving the rivers that have seen years of damage at the hands of humans, a legal voice.

Animals, for instance, aren’t considered living entities by law. Only humans are.

“This order may be seen as a precedent and come across as strange but it is not any different from the status of being a legal entity as in the case of family trusts or a company,” said Raj Panjwani, a practicing lawyer at the National Green Tribunal (NGT)...................Read more

 

Source: livemint


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