On the occasion of 77th Indpeendence Day, PM Modi on Tuesday lauded the Supreme Court for its move to translate operative parts of its judgments in regional languages, with Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud acknowledging the praise by responding with a 'namaste' gesture.
What did PM Modi say?
Addressing the nation from the ramparts of Red Fort on Independence Day, the prime minister said, "We have given emphasis on teaching in mother tongue."
He observed that the Supreme Court has decided to translate operative part of the judgment in language spoken by the litigant.
"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," Modi said.
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"The relevance of mother tongue is increasing," Modi said.
CJI Chandrachud on translation drive
"PM today in his Independence Day speech at Red Fort mentioned about the efforts of the Supreme Court to translate the judgements in regional languages. Up to now, 9,423 judgements have been translated in regional languages," said CJI DY Chandrachud today.
The CJI had recently announced that the Supreme Court would use artificial intelligence to provide judgements, written in English, in regional languages.
Justice Chandrachud had said that English, used for writing judgements, is not comprehensible, “particularly in its legal avatar, to 99.9 per cent of our citizens”.
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He said the top court would initially focus on translating judgments into four languages -- Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, and Odia and gradually, the verdicts will be made available in all scheduled languages.
Some of the high courts have also started providing judgements in regional languages apart from English.
