The Supreme Court today stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order that gave rivers Ganga and Yamuna the same legal rights as human beings, giving them the title of ¡°living entities¡±.
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The Uttarakhand High Court, on March 30, had declared River Ganga and its main tributary Yamuna India¡¯s first living entities.
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As per the HC's judgement, anyone polluting the river or harming it in any way could be penalised the same way a court punishes someone who causes harm to any other human being.
The Uttarakhand government challenged the HC¡¯s ruling questioning whether people affected by the river floods could sue the state¡¯s chief secretary and whether the state would have to bear any sort of financial burden.