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Supreme Court on Urdu language: A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on the issue of removing Urdu signboards, on which the Supreme Court judges got angry and objected strongly. The court asked the petitioner what is the problem with the Urdu language. Patur Municipal Council demanded the removal of Urdu signboards. The name of the Municipal Council is written in Urdu along with Marathi.
Asked Maharashtra government to clarify its stand
The bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Ehsanuddin Amanullah was hearing the petition. They told the petitioner that Urdu language is also included in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution. They also said that there should be no objection to the use of Urdu language. The Supreme Court has asked the Maharashtra government to clarify its stand on this. Further hearing in this case will be held on September 9.
Language of the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution
The court said, what is your problem with Urdu? You must understand, this is a language of the 8th Schedule of the Constitution. A municipal council cannot implement it in the entire state, but can implement it only in the area where a particular language is understood. The bench was hearing a petition against the order issued by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on April 10.
According to the report, the High Court had said at that time that there is no ban on putting up signboards in any language along with the state language in civic institutions. According to the information received, the petitioner applied to the court to order the chairman of Akola District Marathi Language Committee to remove the signboard. The High Court was told that under the Maharashtra Local Authorities (Official Language) Act, 2022, languages other than Marathi cannot be used on the signboards of civic authorities.
