Union Law Minister pitches for regional languages in courts

Chennai, Dec 2 (BPNS)

Union Law minister Kiran Rijiju said that the use of regional languages in Indian courts will help common people assess justice in their respective languages.

He was delivering the convocation address of the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU) in Chennai on Friday. He said that he was against imposing one language in the country and added that in Tamil Nadu, Tamil taking centre stage at Madras High Court as well as district and subordinate courts will make everyone proud.

The minister said that he had spoken to the Chief Justice of India, senior judges of the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court on the need to prioritize local languages.  Kiran Rijiju said that the Union government has taken initiatives to collect legal glossaries in all local languages and make them available to the common public and added that an online platform would be created to crowdsource and collect legal glossaries in regional languages and to digitalize them.

He said that instant translations of the legal proceedings in the court can be made available with the advancements in technology and would lead to the plaintiffs and the victims in a case understanding what was going on in court.

The minister said that the pendency of cases in courts is a matter of grave concern and said that at present 5 crore cases are pending in Indian courts.