Authority: High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital (India)

Date: 03/20/2017

Subject: The decision of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital (India) recognized the rivers Gange and Yamuna as legal persons/living entities, with all the corresponding rights, duties and responsibilities of a living person, in order to preserve and protect them

Parties: Mohd. Salim v. State of Uttarakhand & others

Original language: English

Classification: Solidarity - Art. 37 Environmental protection

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