Sukhna Lake

•It is a rain-fed lake, located within Chandigarh and its catchment area falls both in Punjab and Haryana.
•The Punjab and Haryana High Court has invoked its parens patriae jurisdiction to declare the lake as a legal entity for its survival, preservation and conservation.
•Earlier, the Uttarakhand High Court declared the rivers Yamuna and Ganga as legal or juridical persons, enjoying all the rights, duties and liabilities of a living person.