The Madras High Court has granted personhood to the Tamirabarani river, making it clear that no person will have a right to pollute the river, even in the name of religion. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 353] The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice B Pugalendhi made it clear that personhood was being granted not because the waterbody was a river, but because the river was treated as a...