Indian law defines two types of "legal person", the human beings as well as certain non-human entities which are given the same legal judicial personality as human beings. The non-human entities given the "legal person" status by the law ""have rights and co-relative duties; they can sue and be sued, can possess and transfer property"". Since these non-human entities are ""voiceless"" they are legally represented ""through guardians and representatives"" to claim their legal rights and to fulfill their legal duties and responsibilities. Specific non-human entities given the status of ""legal person"" include ""corporate personality, body politic, charitable unions etc,"" as well as trust estates, deities, temples, churches, mosques, hospitals, universities, colleges, banks, railways, municipalities, and gram panchayats (village councils), rivers, all animals and birds.