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'Do you speak Sanskit?': SC dismisses plea to make Sanskrit national language

  •   Fri, Sep 02 2022 10:48:42 PM

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a declaration to make Sanskrit the national language of India.

Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice M.R. Shah and Justice Krishna Murari said the matter is a policy decision that requires an amendment to the Constitution, and cannot be ordered by the court.

"How many cities in India speak Sanskrit? Do you speak Sanskrit? Can you recite one line in Sanskrit or at least translate the prayer in your writ petition to Sanskrit," the court asked during the hearing.

Filed by Gujarat's former Additional Secretary, K.G. Vanzara, the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was seeking the court's direction to the Centre to notify Sanskrit as a national language.

"India should learn from Israel who in 1948, made Hebrew, considered to be a dead Language for the last 2000 years, along with English as official/national Language of Israel," his plea read.

 
  

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  • Sumathi p, Mysore house no 16, 1st stage,1st cross kandaya nagara, sri rampura 2nd stage. Mysore. Karnataka.

    Sat, Sep 03 2022

    Sanskrit is the only language Which used olden days from kashmir to kanyakumari by common people.thatswhy it should become national language.

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  • vishnu bhat, bangalore

    Sat, Sep 03 2022

    the chap got an extremely well deserved kick on his backside. he should also have been asked to pay a hefty fine for wasting the court's time on a frivolous matter.

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