This is a landmark ruling in a case that has set the precedence for all rivers in Bangladesh to have a “legal person” status. How the status would make a differenceAccording to lawyer Manzill Murshid ‘legal entity’ means that the rivers will be getting a legal status as of a person. It will be treated like ‘Buriganga has come to the court’, which is similar to a living person,” he said. “There is difference between human being as living entity and river as a living entity. This status just gives the rivers wider opportunity to uphold rivers’ rights,” the lawyer explained to the Dhaka Tribune.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 31, 2019 20:26 UTC