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Animals - as ‘legal persons’
July 10 , 2018
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- In a first, the Uttarakhand High Court has accorded the status of ‘legal person or entity’ to the animals in the state.
- It ruled that "they have a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person."
- A Division Bench of Justices Rajiv Sharma and Lokpal Singh bestowed the unique status on animal kingdom.
- The entire animal kingdom, including avian and aquatic ones, are declared as legal entities having a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.
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