Dhaka, April 30 -- Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has said the judiciary of Bangladesh has taken various permanent legal initiatives to protect environment.
Referring to different important judgments from the country's apex court to ensure environmental quality in the cases of hazardous industries like ship-breaking, the chief justice said Bangladesh's judiciary has taken the lead in establishing environmental rights as fundamental rights, reports BSS.
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed said these while addressing a function titled "Climate Justice and the Constitution: Reflection from the Global South" at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi on April 28.
Conducted by varsity's Law Department Professor Pavlos Eleftheriadis, the function was...