NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Judge Arun Mishra on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his leadership which he said led to India emerging as a “responsible and friendly member of the international community” and also praised Modi as a versatile genius who thinks globally and acts locally.“India is a responsible and most friendly member of the international community under the stewardship of internationally acclaimed, visionary Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. India is committed to constitutional obligations and dedicated to a peaceful and secure world, free from terrorism,” Justice Mishra said delivering the vote of thanks at the international judicial conference here.“We thank the versatile genius, who thinks globally and acts locally, Shri Narendra Modi for providing us inspiring thoughts which would act as a catalyst in initiating the deliberations, and setting the agenda for the conference. We express our deep gratitude for inaugurating the Conference,” Justice Mishra said.Also speaking at the conference, CJI S A Bobde said, “A feature often neglected is a chapter on fundamental duties imposing on every citizen the duties to abide by the Constitution, the whole of it and respect its ideals and institution,” he said. The CJI said over 50 countries have specific provisions on fundamental duties in their constitutions. Quoting Mahatma Gandhi, Justice Bobde said the exercise of rights depends on one’s sense of duty and “real rights are a result of performance of duty”.He said the impact of an order passed by a court is not confined to a territorial boundary of a country in a globalised world and has global implication. He said institutions across the world should interact and exchange ideas on how to deal with universal problems.Terming India as a “melting pot of myriad cultures and traditions”, which has assimilated legal cultures of all the civilisations who have come to our shores— the Mughals, the Portuguese, the French, the Dutch and finally the English, Justice Bobde said the entire world is now connected and there is a need to hold dialogue and exchange ideas with judges from other countries on many aspects of gender justice, right to privacy, populism, environment and sustainable development.“Judiciaries all over the world are dealing with this kind of change— what might be called a rights revolution, a technological revolution and a demographic revolution. Our decisions no longer impact only those who live in our jurisdiction but also those who live in other jurisdictions — some far away,” the CJI said.Highlighting the new challenges like terrorism, cyber-crimes, environmental degradation faced by a globalised world, Justice N V Ramana , the senior-most judge of the SC, said that there is a need of unanimity among institutions cutting across the country to evolve solution of these problems.“For example, terrorism is one of the main issues which has affected every part of the world and has no end in sight. The judiciary needs to appropriately respond to this problem by evolving innovative principles and jurisprudence so that terrorism is kept at bay, while, at the same time upholding the rule of law. More importantly ‘globalisation’ demands rule of law. With the increase in cross-border dealings, movement of citizens, goods and investment, there is a requirement of stronger trust between nations. This trust can be built by creating institutions with strong emphasis on the rule of law, which creates a secure environment,” he said.