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India’s first language dictionary launched(23.03.2018)
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment launched First Indian Sign Language Dictionary. At present, it consist of 3000 words, new words woul.....
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India’s first language dictionary launched(23.03.2018)
Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment launched First Indian Sign Language Dictionary. At present, it consist of 3000 words, new words woul.....
Tags : Sign Language, Dictionary, Launch
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NGT: Litigants Must Submit Documents in English, Prohibits Use of Hindi Language(28.11.2016)
National Green Tribunal (NGT), while prohibiting use of Hindi during its proceedings, has made it clear that a litigant, who appears before it as part.....
Tags : National Green Tribunal, Language , English, Hindi
SC Issues Notice in Plea for Direction to Draft Statutes, Rules and Notifications in Plain Language(15.10.2020)
Supreme Court has issued notice in a plea seeking directions for the use of plain language in drafting and issuing of all government communications, a.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Use of Plain Language
Madras HC Directs Centre to Strictly Follow Provisions of Official Languages Act(06.09.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Centre to strictly follow the provisions of the Official Languages Act while emphasizing that once a representation.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Provisions of Official Languages Act
Madras HC Directs Centre to Strictly Follow Provisions of Official Languages Act, 1963(13.09.2021)
Madras High Court has directed the Centre to strictly follow the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 1963 while emphasizing that once a represen.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Provisions of Official Languages Act, 1963
SC: Not Illegal to File Chargesheet in a Language Which the Accused Doesn’t Understand(28.08.2023)
Supreme Court has observed that there is no provision in CrPC which requires chargesheet to be filed in language of the Court determined as per Sectio.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Chargesheet, Language
Madras HC Suggests “Liberal Approach” for Tamil as Compulsory First Language(25.11.2015)
Madras High Court has ordered authorities to adopt a “liberal approach” on applications filed by students seeking exemption from the rule stipulating .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil as Compulsory First Language
SC Directs All High Courts to Furnish English Translation of Original Records(26.11.2018)
Supreme Court has directed the Registrar General of all High Courts to furnish the translation of the Original Records in English language from vernac.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Records, English Language
Karnataka HC Directs State Not to Precipitate Issue of Making Kannada Language Compulsory(13.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has directed the state government and all the Universities in the state, to not precipitate the matter with respect to making Kan.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Issue of Making Kannada Language Compulsory
Ker. HC: Enacting Laws in English Will Not Have Any Bearing on the Growth of Regional Language(27.11.2023)
Kerala High Court while observing that Enacting laws in English as in a diverse country like India, will not have any bearing on the growth of the reg.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Regional Language, Law
Madras HC: Central Government Expected to Issue Notifications in Vernacular Language(14.12.2020)
Madras High Court has noted that mere issuance of the notification in Hindi and English languages will not be sufficient, unless it is issued in the v.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Issue of Notifications in Vernacular Language
SC to Centre & States: Consider Publication of Laws in All Regional Languages(03.11.2022)
Supreme Court has directed Central and State governments to consider a plea to publish all legislations in regional languages to ensure better access .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Laws, Regional Languages
SC Dismisses Petition Seeking Directions to Amend Constitution to Make Hindi as Official Language(05.04.2016)
SC has junked a petition seeking direction to amend Constitution to make Hindi as official language of work in the apex court and High Courts. Taking .....
Tags : SC , Hindi as Official Language
Madras HC: Exemption From Opting Tamil Language in Board Exams Only To Those Who Have Applied(08.03.2017)
Madras High Court has clarified that its interim order dated February 27, granting exemption to students of linguistic minority schools from taking co.....
Tags : Madras High Court, lass X board examinations, Tamil Language
Karnataka HC Asks Centre on Making of Regional Languages Compulsory for Students(16.11.2021)
Karnataka High Court has asked the Central Government if States can, under the National Education Policy (NEP), make study of regional language compul.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Making of Regional Languages Compulsory for Students
SC: Oral Information not Required When Grounds of Detention Received in Known Language of Detenue(08.01.2024)
Supreme Court held that if a detenue has received the grounds of his detention in a language that is known to him and a clear statement over his right.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Detention, Language
Telangana HC Gives Green Signal to EFLU to Go Forward with Recruitments(05.03.2021)
Telangana High Court has given green signal to English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) to go ahead with the recruitment of persons to differen.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, English and Foreign Languages University
Bombay High Court Pulls Up Additional Sessions Judge for Using Foul Language(12.03.2021)
Bombay High Court has pulled up an Additional Sessions Judge and expressed its displeasure as the Judge used slang language and foul words 'utterly di.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Use of Foul Language
Gujarat High Court: Official Language Of The Court Is English(10.01.2022)
Gujarat High Court has stated that the party cannot insist on addressing the Court in any other language as the language of the Court is English. The .....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Official Languages Act
Law Ministry Informs Rajya Sabha Over Provision of Legal Education in Regional Languages(17.12.2021)
Union Ministry for Law and Justice has informed Rajya Sabha via a written reply that under the Advocates Act 1961, the Bar Council of India is the reg.....
Tags : Union Ministry for Law and Justice, Provision of Legal Education in Regional Languages
Madras HC Sentences Man to 3 Months Imprisonment for Using Foul Language Against Magistrate(29.04.2019)
Madras High Court has sentenced a man to three months of simple imprisonment for using foul language against a judicial magistrate in a representation.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Foul Language Against Magistrate
Madras HC: Solitary Allegation of Intemperate Language Against Female Employee Not Sexual Harassment(28.02.2020)
Madras High Court has held that solitary allegation of intemperate language against a female employee does not constitute an offence under the Sexual .....
Tags : Madras High Court, Solitary Allegation of Intemperate Language
Karnataka HC Becomes the First Court to Hear Arguments of Speech & Hearing-Impaired Advocate(09.04.2024)
Karnataka High Court has created history by becoming the first court in the country to hear submissions advanced by a speech and hearing-impaired advo.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, First Court, Sign Language Interpreter, Speech & Hearing-Impaired
Bombay HC Dismisses Petition Challenging Validity of the Official Languages Act, 1963(18.03.2020)
Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by two societies, Rashtrabhasha Mahasangh and Mumbai Rashtriya Rashtrabhasha Prachar Sabha praying to.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Official Languages Act, 1963
Del. HC: Language of Web Series ‘College Romance’ Doesn’t Pass Community Test of Common Man(07.03.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that language used in web series “College Romance” doesn’t pass community test of common man and transgresses into ar.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, College Romance, Obscenity, Vulgar Language
BCI Issues Circular Regarding Implementation of Set of Reforms in Legal Education(24.05.2024)
BCI has issued a circular to all Centres of Legal Education regarding implementation of set of reforms in legal education that should be made effectiv.....
Tags : Bar Council of India, Centres of Legal Education, Bilingual Language, Legal Education
Supreme Court: Lower Courts Can Write Judgments in Tamil or English(12.05.2017)
Supreme Court has stayed a judgment passed by Madras HC in 2014 quashing a circular issued by HC in 1994 permitting Lower Courts in State to write jud.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Lower Courts, TN Official Language (Amendment) Act
Mad. HC: Sufficient Knowledge in Tamil Language A Sine Qua Non for Service in Group-IV Posts(03.06.2024)
Mad. HC has upheld Govt. order mandating candidates to secure minimum qualifying marks of 40% in Tamil Paper in examination conducted by the Tamil Nad.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Tamil Language, Group-IV Posts
Kar HC: PIL Seeking Direction for Government Correspondence to be Done in Kannada Language, Rejected(28.06.2024)
Karnataka High Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought direction on the State Government to use Kannada language.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Public Interest Litigation, Kannada Language
Madras HC Declines to Interfere in Matter of Classical Status to Non-Tamil Languages(08.08.2016)
Madras HC has declined to interfere with grant of classical status to languages other than Tamil by Central Government.
Tags : Madras HC , Non-Tamil Languages
Allahabad High Court Makes History by Delivering Judgement in Three Languages(12.07.2024)
Allahabad High Court has created history by becoming the very first High Court to deliver its judgement in English, Hindi and Sanskrit in a matter rel.....
Tags : Allahabad High Court, S. 482 of CrPC, Three Languages
Tel. HC: Accreditation to Working Journalists to be Granted on Fair and Reasonable Criteria(17.07.2024)
Telangana High Court while addressing issues of media accreditation on language based criteria, has observed that if the State Government decides to a.....
Tags : Telangana High Court, Media Accreditation, Language Based Criteria
Supreme Court Rejects Plea to Translate Court Verdicts into Regional Languages(08.12.2015)
Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking to translate verdicts into 22 languages recognised in the Constitution.
Tags : Supreme Court , Court Verdicts into Regional Languages
Bombay HC: Auto Rickshaw Drivers Must Know Marathi Language(18.11.2016)
Bombay High Court has observed that State Government’s condition of compelling auto rickshaw drivers to have knowledge of Marathi language is ‘reasona.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, auto rickshaw drivers, Marathi language
Why No Spoken English in Government Schools: Madras High Court(14.11.2018)
Madras High Court has hoped that the state would turn its full attention to introducing spoken English course to students of Tamil medium schools run .....
Tags : Madras High Court, English Language
Del. HC: Notices/Circulars Issued by DoE Should Not Be Restricted to English Language Alone(04.09.2024)
Delhi High Court has stated that it is necessary that the notices/circulars issued by the Directorate of Education should not be restricted to the Eng.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Directorate of Education, English Language
SC: Right Claimed Under A. 29 for Preserving Language Can’t Result in an Absolute Right(14.10.2024)
SC while dismissing a petition seeking direction on Centre to run a Sindhi language TV channel, has observed that right claimed under A. 29 for preser.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Sindhi Language, Article 29