New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today underlined the importance of regional languages on the occasion of Independence Day, thanking the Supreme Court for a key decision that will make it easy to read court orders.
Addressing the nation after unfurling the tricolour at Red Fort, he pointed out that the Supreme Court has decided to make its judgments available in regional languages.
“I want to thank the Supreme Court that now the operative part of its judgments will be available in one’s mother tongue. The significance of regional languages is increasing,” said the Prime Minister.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who was among the guests at the event, acknowledged the Prime Minister’s remark of gratitude with folded hands.
The Supreme Court uploaded about 1,000 of its verdicts in regional languages as part of Republic Day and its foundation day celebrations this year.
The verdicts are now available on the Supreme Court website in Hindi, Oriya, Gujarati, Tamil, Assamese, Khasi, Garo, Punjabi, Nepali and Bengali, and more languages will be added to this list soon.
The initiative is aimed at taking the judiciary directly to people’s doorstep and help them understand the legal process by reading judgments in their mother tongue.
PM Modi’s reference to the Supreme Court came as he highlighted his government’s focus on imparting education in regional languages.
His address also included a report card of his government and its achievements in the past 10 years. He also spoke at length about schemes that his dispensation is planning to introduce.
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