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ü The
Official languages are mentioned in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
ü The
official language is mentioned in the part XVII of the Indian Constitution.
ü The
original Constitution mentioned 14 languages as the official languages.
ü This
is covered in the articles from 343 to 351.
ü Hindi is
the official language of the Union.
ü The
English language was permitted for not more than a period of 15 years
from the date of commencement of the Constitution for all the official purposes
of the Union.
ü OFFICIAL
LANGUAGE ACT, 1963: The English language was continued
as the official language along with Hindi by enacting Official Language Act,
1963.
ü ARTICLE 343:
The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.
ü The
Official Language Commission is appointed by the President.
ü The
first Official Language Commission was appointed in the year 1955.
ü B
G Kher was the chairman of the first Official Language Commission.
ü Every
bill that is introduced in the Parliament is also accompanied by a Hindi translation.
ü The
language that is used in SUPREME COURT is English only.
ü The
state legislatures were permitted to adopt any one or more than one languages.
ü NOTE:
A state can adopt more than one language.
ü The
Parliament can provide that all the proceedings in Supreme Court and High
Courts are to be in English.
ü The
Governor with the prior consent of the President can authorize the use of Hindi
or any other language of the state in the proceedings of the concerned High
Court.
ü All
bills, acts, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and Bye-laws at the central
and states to be in English.
ü The
state legislature can prescribe the use of any language other than English with
respect to bills, acts, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, or bye-laws,
but a translation of the same in the English language is to be published.
ü An
aggrieved person who belongs to the linguistic minorities has the right to submit
a representation in any language used in the Union or states for the redress of
grievances to any authority under the central or state government.
ü Every
state should provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother tongue
at the primary stage of education.
ü The
President should appoint a special officer for linguistic minorities to
investigate all matters relating to the constitutional safeguards for
linguistic minorities and to report to him.
ü These
reports are placed in front of the Parliament and sent to the concerned state
governments.
HOW MANY LANGUAGES
ARE PRESENT IN THE 8TH SCHEDULE?
ü In
the original constitution only 14 languages were mentioned.
ü At
present the number of languages mentioned in the 8th schedule is 22.
ü Sindhi
was the 15th language added through 21st amendment in
the year 1971.
ü Konakani,
Nepali and Manipuri languages were added through the 71st amendment in
the year 1992.
ü The
next 4 languages that added to the 8th schedule were Bodo, Dogri, Maitihli
and Santhali.
ü The
last four languages were added through 100th amendment.
THE LIST OF
THE LANGUAGES MENTIONED IN THE 8TH SCHEDULE.
ü Assamese
ü Bengali
ü Bodo
ü Dogri
ü Gujarati
ü Hindi
ü Kannada
ü Kashmiri
ü Konkani
ü Maithili
ü Malayalam
ü Manipuri
ü Marathi
ü Nepali
ü Oriya
ü Punjabi
ü Sanskrit
ü Santhali
ü Sindhi
ü Tamil
ü Telugu
ü Urdu
Miscellaneous:
In the year 2010 the Gujarat High Court observed that though the majority of the people in India have accepted Hindi as a national language there was nothing on record to suggest that any provision has been made or order issued declaring Hindi as a national language of the country.
In the year 2010 the Gujarat High Court observed that though the majority of the people in India have accepted Hindi as a national language there was nothing on record to suggest that any provision has been made or order issued declaring Hindi as a national language of the country.