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Urban Water Crisis — Environmental Cases
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Environmental Cases
Subhash Kumar v. State of Bihar
1991This landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of India explicitly held that the Right to Life under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the Right to the enjoyment of…
M.C. Mehta v. Union of India (Ganga Pollution Case)
1987While primarily focused on industrial pollution of the Ganga River, this series of judgments established the 'polluter pays principle' and the 'absolute liability principle' in…