PM Modi praises Supreme Court's move for regional languages

During his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of regional languages and lauded the Supreme Court for translating operative parts of its judgments into regional languages.

During his Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of regional languages and lauded the Supreme Court for translating operative parts of its judgments into regional languages. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud who was among the guests at the Independence Day event acknowledged the praise and responded with folded hands.

"I thank the Supreme Court. It has said that now the operative part of the judgment will be translated in the language the litigant speaks," PM Modi said while emphasizing that “the relevance of mother tongue is increasing."

In January 2023, the Supreme Court said that the judgments of the Supreme Court will be translated into four regional languages- Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, and Odia. The translation into regional languages will help in the access to justice for the citizens.

Later, during the Independence Day celebrations at the Supreme Court, DY Chandrachud talked about PM Modi's speech. "PM today in his Independence Day speech at Red Fort mentioned the efforts of the Supreme Court to translate the judgments in regional languages. Up to now, 9,423 judgments have been translated into regional languages," the top judge said.

Several high courts have also commenced the practice of delivering legal decisions in languages spoken regionally, in addition to English.