D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. vs GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore Preamble — 2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT

Case information

Citation: 2021 SCMR 834 SUPREME-COURT
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2021
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. vs GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore Preamble
Subject matter: Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

D. G. KHAN CEMENT COMPANY LTD. VS GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB through Chief Secretary,Lahore Preamble---Constitution of Pakistan, Art. 9 & Preamble---Climate change---'Climate democracy' and 'intergenerational justice'---Concept and scope---Important dimension of climate change was intergenerational justice and the need for climate democracy---Courts had a role to play in reducing the effects of climate change for the present generation and for the generations to come---Through the pen and jurisprudential fiat, the courts needed to decolonize future generations from the wrath of climate change, by upholding climate justice at all times---Post climate change, democracies had to be redesigned and restructured to become more climate resilient and the fundamental principle of rule of law had to recognize the urgent need to combat climate change---Robust democracies needed to be climate democracies in order to save the world and further generations from being colonized at the hands of climate change---Supreme Court observed that Premabular constitutional value of democracy under the Constitution (of Pakistan) was in effect climate democracy, if we were to actualize the Constitution and the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution for ourselves and our future generations.

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