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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. Which High Court has recently declared Animals as legal persons? Notes: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently ruled that all animals are legal persons entitled to legal rights like human beings in Haryana.

Detailed explanation-2: -Last year a division bench of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana declared that all animals, birds and aquatic creatures were legal persons.

Detailed explanation-3: -In modern law, animals are not considered legal persons. They are objects since they do not enjoy rights or have duties.

Detailed explanation-4: -Share this article. The highest court in one of India’s 28 states ruled last month that “Mother Nature” has the same legal status as a human being, which includes “all corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.”

Detailed explanation-5: -Notes: In a unique ruling, the Uttarakhand High Court has recently declared the “entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic” as legal entities with a distinct persona and corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.