Ganga And Yamuna Lose ¡®Living Entity¡¯ Status As Supreme Court Stays Uttarakhand HC Judgement
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 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¡±.
AFP
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.
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