Hindi is not a national language of india: Gujarat high court
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There's no national language in India: Gujarat High Court
Saeed Khan, TNN, 25 January 2010
AHMEDABAD: Does India have a national language? No, says the Gujarat
High Court. The court also observed that in India, a majority of
people have accepted Hindi as a national language and many speak Hindi
and write in Devanagari script, but it's not officially the national
language.
With this observation, a bench headed by Chief Justice S J
Mukhopadhaya refused to issue directions that packaged commodities
must contain details about goods in Hindi.
Petitioner Suresh Kachhadia had, in 2009, filed a public interest
litigation (PIL) in the Gujarat HC seeking mandamus to the Centre as
well as the state government to make it mandatory for manufacturers of
goods to print in Hindi, all details of goods like price, ingredients
and the date of manufacture. His contention was that the consumers are
entitled to know what they are consuming.
It was argued that because Hindi is the national language and is
understood by a large number of people in the country, directions
should be given to publish all such details in Hindi. His counsel
placed reliance on the deliberations in the Constituent Assembly in
his arguments. Even the Centre's counsel referred to the Standard of
Weights and Measures (Packaged Commodities) Rules and told the court
that such declaration on packets should be either in English or in
Hindi in Devanagari script.
But the court asked whether there was any notification saying Hindi is
India's national language, for it's an ``official language'' of this
country. No notification ever issued by the government could be
produced before the court in this regard. This is because the
Constitution has given Hindi the status of the official language and
not the national language.
The court concluded that the rules have specific provisions for
manufacturers that particulars of declaration should be in Hindi in
Devanagari script or in English, and it's their prerogative to use
English. Therefore, no mandamus can be issued on manufacturers or
governments for giving details or particulars of package in Hindi.
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