environment hard MCQ

Which case is associated with the judicial recognition of the 'Right to Clean Environment' as part of the Right to Life under Article 21?

  1. Subhash Kumar vs State of Bihar
  2. M.C. Mehta vs Union of India
  3. Both A and B
  4. Neither A nor B

Answer: Both A and B

In Subhash Kumar (1991) and multiple M.C. Mehta cases, the Supreme Court interpreted Article 21 to include the right to pollution-free air and water as fundamental to life.

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