M. C. Mehta

{{Short description|Indian public interest attorney}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Mahesh Chandra Mehta | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | monuments = | other_names = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Public interest attorney | years_active = | employer = | organization = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | television = | spouse = | partner = | children = | father = | relatives = | awards = {{Plainlist | *[[Goldman Environmental Prize]] (1996) *[[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] (1997) *[[Padma Shri]] (2016) }} }}

'''Mahesh Chandra Mehta''' is a public interest attorney from India. He single-handedly won numerous landmark judgments from India's Supreme Court since 1984, including introducing lead-free gasoline to India and reducing the industrial pollution fouling the Ganga and [[Taj Trapezium Case|eroding the Taj Mahal]]. He was awarded the [[Goldman Environmental Prize]] in 1996 for his continuous fights in Indian courts against pollution-causing industries.<ref name="goldman">Goldman Environmental Prize: [http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/133 M.C. Mehta] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204052247/http://www.goldmanprize.org/node/133|date=4 December 2007}} (Retrieved on 28 November 2007)</ref>

He received the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Asia for Public Service in 1997. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2016.<ref name="Padma Awards 2016">{{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135783 | title=Padma Awards 2016 | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref> He is a trustee of [[People for Animals]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS |url=https://www.peopleforanimalsindia.org/trustees.php |access-date=2018-04-28 |website=peopleforanimalsindia.org |language=en |archive-date=9 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909091847/http://www.peopleforanimalsindia.org:80/trustees.php }}</ref>

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