The green benches and courts, established recently, in Punjab to hear cases relating to environment issues on every Friday. Talking to the media on Friday, Registrar Lahore High Court Sohail Nasir said Friday had been declared as a green day and all LHC green benches and green courts across Punjab would hear cases relating to environment on the day. He said that the benches would not only deliver judgements but also provide solution to the environmental hazards.
He said the 36 district and sessions judges and 109 civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates had been nominated to hold green courts at district and tehsil level. These judges would be given training at Judicial Academy to help them deal with the environment related cases efficiently, he added. The registrar further informed the media that the high court would also ask the federal government to fill the vacant slot of Chairman Punjab Environmental Tribunal.