Recognizing Right to Water as Human Right in India

Water resource is one of the most important and essential natural resource. It is essential in the sense that it is required in all times for the very existence of life on this earth. Since time immemorial, water is considered as fundamental requirement for human existence. Thus it equals to basic human right and every human being needs to have right to water. India has not provided specifically any right to water. The Indian Constitution has not recognized right to water as fundamental right. However, it is the Indian Judiciary which has time and again reflected in its judgment right to water.