Polluted water- Violation of human rights

The right to ‘pollution free water’ and the right of access to ‘safe drinking water’ has been read as a part of ‘Right to Life’ under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. This has been possible because of a liberal and activist interpretation of the fundamental right to life by the Supreme Court as well as the High Courts of the country in series of cases before them. After initially talking about the right to water in the context of pollution cases, courts have delivered a growing body of verdicts on the more fundamental concerns of access to drinking water and on the right to safe drinking water as a fundamental right