Addressing the nation at Red Fort on Independence Day, Prime Minister Modi also stressed the importance of the regional languages, referring to the Supreme Courts (SC) move to provide judgements in regional languages. The prime minister said that by this decision the significance of the mother tongue is increasing.PM Modi hails SCs move on regional languages judgementHailing Apex Courts decision, PM Modi said, “I also thank the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has said that the operative part of the judgments will be in ones mother tongue. The significance of the mother tongue is increasing.”In the annual programme, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud, who was among the guests at the Independence Day event, acknowledged PMs remark with folded hands while others clapped.SC delivers its judgement in 4 regional languages: CJI ChandrachudNotably, CJI Chandrachud often has highlighted the need for the courts to provide their judgement in regional languages. Earlier this year, he announced the judgements delivered by SC will be translated into four regional languages – Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Odia, saying translation of judgments in the regional languages will help in the access to justice for the citizens of our country.Speaking of which, he said, “A very important initiative which we have adopted recently is translation of judgments of the Supreme Court in regional languages. Because we must understand that the language which we use namely English, is a language which is not comprehensible, particularly in its legal avatar, to 99.9% of our citizens.”Later, in an event in Maharashtras Mumbai, the CJI said the next step… is to provide translated copies of the judgments of the top court in every Indian language. Further, he stressed the use of technology to help the courts reach out to citizens across the nation.PM Modi shares CJIs suggestion to his social mediaThen, PM Modi praised Chandrachud for his laudatory suggestion.Sharing a video clip of CJI Chandrachuds speech, PM Modi wrote in his tweet, “At a recent function, the honourable CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. He also suggested the use of technology for it. This is a laudatory thought, which will help many people, particularly youngsters.”
