The top leadership of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has extended its support to the campaign being undertaken to enable the official use of Hindi and other Indian languages in the Supreme Court and 25 High Courts of the country.
Law expert Chandrashekhar Upadhyay has been undertaking ‘Hindi Se Nyay’ campaign across the nation for this purpose for about three decades now. Addressing the media, the state head of the campaign committee Dharmendra Dodhi said that this is a moral victory for the campaign.
He said that Uttarakhand is the birthplace of this campaign as Upadhyay, the first Indian student to pass LLM in Hindi medium for facilitation of all court procedures in Hindi at the high court in Nainital.
Dodhi said, “Article 348 of the Indian constitution should be amended without delay. The RSS Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha has accorded its support to this demand. We are encouraged by this and are confident that the Central Government will take suo moto cognisance and respect this wish of the people of India.”He further informed that in 2013, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s great grandson, Chandrashekhar Upadhyay’s efforts succeeded with the High Court of Uttarakhand for the first time accepting a petition in Hindi. At that time the Hindi Se Nyay Sanchalan Samiti got about 4.5 lakh signatures from across the state and submitted these to the then chief justice of the high court.
A signature campaign was started again in 2020 and more than eight lakh signatures have been received from across the state. “We have set a target of collecting 10 lakh signatures.
These signatures will be submitted to the Prime Minister. We have sought time from the Prime Minister’s office to meet him regarding this,” he added.