1965 Union Cabinet Decision Allowing English In Judicial Proceedings Challenged, High Court To Hear Plea Today
Chennai: The first bench of the Madras High Court will on Monday hear a petition challenging the constitutional validity of a 1965 decision of the Union Cabinet Committee that English should continue as the common language for the Supreme Court and all High Courts in the country until it could be replaced with Hindi. The petition, filed as a public interest litigation by the Madras High Court…
The Madras High Court will hear a petition today that challenges the constitutional validity of a 1965 Union Cabinet decision allowing English to remain as the common language in judicial proceedings until it can be replaced with Hindi. The Madras High Court Advocates Association (MHAA) filed the public interest litigation, arguing that the restriction on regional languages violates Articles 14, 19, and 21 of the Constitution.
The petition, which was learned about only last year through an RTI application, will be heard by a Bench comprising the Chief Justice and Justice G. Arul Murugan. The Mother Tongue First Foundation welcomed the challenge, highlighting the importance of litigants understanding proceedings and the existing constitutional provisions that allow for the use of regional languages in High Court proceedings.
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