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PM Modi lauds CJI’s pitch for regional languages

Written by  Annesha Barua -- January 23rd 2023 12:05 PM
PM Modi lauds CJI’s pitch for regional languages

PM Modi lauds CJI’s pitch for regional languages

New Delhi, January 23: On Sunday Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s emphasis on making Supreme Court judgments available in regional languages. 

PM Modi on Sunday tweeted, “At a recent function, the Hon’ble CJI Justice DY Chandrachud spoke of the need to work towards making SC 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.” 


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Prime Minister later added by saying that government is in favour of encourgaing all the regional languages available for studying subjects such as engineering and medicine in native languages. 

“The Central Government is undertaking numerous efforts to encourage Indian languages, including giving the option of studying subjects like engineering and medicine in one’s matru bhasha,” the PM said.

Recently, at an event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa a video was tagged where PM tweeted that the government at the Centre has been taking numerous efforts to encourage the Indian languages. Prime Minister said that India has several languages adding to the country’s cultural vibrancy. PM in the past often pitched for making judicial verdicts more accessible to the common man by making those available in regional languages. 

Previously, on July 7 last year, PM Modi has emphasised the importance of imparting engineering education in local,regional languages. This message was given during a virtual meeting with the heads of 107 centrally funded technical institutions on July 7 in 2022.

Recently, PM cautioned against controversies that arose over the languages saying that every regional language is ‘worth worshiping’ as it keeps reflecting India’s culture. While on speaking on 57th All India Conference of Director Generals and Inspector Generals of Police  in Delhi, Modi called for more cooperation between state police forces and central agencies to leverage capabilities. 

He also emphasised that the police forces should be trained in emerging technologies, he also called for further strengthening of  the traditional policing mechanisms such as foot patrols. 

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- With inputs from agencies

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