What is Mahesh Chandra Mehta?
{{unsourced|date=December 2016}} Mahesh Chandra Mehta, born on 12 October 1946, is a public interest attorney from [[India]]. He was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 1996 for his legal work against pollution-causing industries. 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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Mahesh Chandra}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Indian lawyers]] {{bio-stub}}