Courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected: SC
The Supreme Court of India has ordered state authorities to conduct physical ground-truthing and demarcation of wetlands to ensure their protection. The court emphasized that protecting water bodies is essential to the constitutional right to life.
Why it matters
This ruling strengthens environmental protections for critical water resources and mandates government accountability in ecological preservation.
Courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected: SC left Representational image. Getty Images/iStockphoto Getty Images/iStockphoto https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/lrewvm/article71619640.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/iStock-2192979063.jpg BrianAJackson Judges gavel in court room legal trial and law background The Court directed States and Wetland Authorities to undertake physical ground-truthing of water bodies, if not already done, and file a compliance affidavit detailing the mode and method adopted for the exercise New Delhi The Supreme Court has said that courts cannot be unmindful when precious water bodies remain unprotected, while directing all states and authorities to undertake physical ground-truthing and demarcation of wetlands. A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi said that water bodies, being a source of drinking water, are precious and would fall within the four corners of the right to life, as guaranteed under the Constitution.
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