ISLAMABAD: Frantic human activities in this rapidly changing world not only harm environment but also pose a serious risk to public health, threaten biodiversity and deplete natural resources, therefore, it is incumbent upon our district judiciary to enforce Environmental law to save the human life and environment.
Judge Islamabad High Court, Justice Athar Minallah, expressed these views in the certificate awarding ceremony at the conclusion of a one-week training course on New Laws For Senior Civil Judges from all over Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir here in the Federal Judicial Academy, on Saturday.
He said neat and clean environment is one of the fundamental rights enshrined and guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan.
We have to protect our environment, conserve biodiversity and wildlife, and manage natural resources. Achievements are significant, but growing challenges remain critical. Multidisciplinary approach to capacity building is central to success.
He lauded the course content and urged the course participants to apply and share their knowledge about new laws with others in the field.
A judicial system which suffers from insufficiencies, it has an adverse impact on performance.
The orientation regarding new laws such as Intellectual Property Rights Laws, Environment Laws, Cyber Crime, Money laundering Act, etc. coupled with conventional laws and subjects will not only improve judicial performance but also enhance the efficiency, effectiveness of the courts and results into public confidence in the courts.
He said, Being a career judge, judicial educator and judicial education administrator I have learned through my experience that when justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
We must render justice in accordance with the law and our judicial conscience.
