Which is a landmark case on the public trust doctrine in Environmental Law?
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M.C. Mehta v. Kamal Nath is THE landmark case introducing the Public Trust Doctrine in India — the state holds natural resources (rivers, forests, seashores) as trustee for the public and cannot transfer them to private parties for profit. A resort encroaching on river bed was ordered to restore the environment and pay compensation.