Mahesh Chandra Mehta
Nationality
Indian
Indian
Occupation
Public interest attorney
Public interest attorney
Mahesh Chandra Mehta is a public interest attorney from India. He single-handedly won numerous landmark judgments from India’s Supreme Court since 1984, including introducing lead-free gasoline to India and reducing the industrial pollution fouling the Ganga and eroding the Taj Mahal. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996[1] for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries.
He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Asia for Public Service in 1997. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016.[2] He is a trustee of People for Animals.[3]
References
- ↑ Goldman Environmental Prize: M.C. Mehta Template:Webarchive (Retrieved on 28 November 2007)
- ↑ Padma Awards 2016. Press Information Bureau, Government of India(2016).
- ↑ PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS. www.peopleforanimalsindia.org. Retrieved 2018-04-28.