New Delhi, Sep 2 : The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking an order to make Sanskrit the official Indian language of India.In dismissing the plea A bench of Justice M.R.Shah and Justice Krishna Murari said the issue is a decision of policy that needs to be amended to the Constitution and cannot be ruled out by the court.
“How many cities in India speak Sanskrit? Do you speak Sanskrit? Do you know how to recite one sentence in Sanskrit or at the very least transliterate the prayer in your writ petition into Sanskrit,” the court requested at the time of the hearing.
The case was filed by the former Additional Secretary of Gujarat, K.G.Vanzara The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) sought the court’s direction to the Centre to officially declare Sanskrit as an official language of the country.
“India must learn from Israel who, in 1948, declared Hebrew as an obsolete language for the past 2000 years and also with English as the official/national language of Israel,” his plea read.
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