SC Stays Uttarakhand HC’s Order Declaring Ganga And Yamuna Rivers As Living Legal Entities [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court order declaring the rivers Ganga and Yamuna as having the status of a legal person with all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.The High Court had, in March this year, made the declaration, observing that this was needed to be done in order to “protect the recognition and the faith of society.”The...