Consider the following statements regarding recent Supreme Court rulings on environmental rights:
1. The Supreme Court of India recognized a right to be “free from the adverse impacts of climate change” in M.K. Ranjitsinh and Others vs Union of India, sourcing it from the right to life and the right to equality.
2. In M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India, the Supreme Court treated the right to live in a pollution-free environment as a part of the fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1
1 only
2
2 only
3
Both 1 and 2
4
Neither 1 nor 2