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South Indians bash not privation to beryllium isolated due to the fact that they bash not cognize Hindi, Supreme Court justice B.V. Nagarathna said connected Wednesday (December 3, 2025).
Responding to a question connected the usage of Hindi successful the judiciary, Justice Nagarathna clarified that she does not mean authorities and said India is simply a subcontinent and 1 cannot beryllium precise exclusive successful one's language.
She said determination are truthful galore languages successful the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, and successful South India, determination are astatine slightest six languages.
Justice Nagarathna said 1 cannot beryllium precise exclusive successful their connection and what connects antithetic southbound Indian states is English.
She said if 1 goes to Tamil Nadu, cipher speaks English oregon Hindi and connection is an issue.
"How bash I converse? You indispensable recognize India arsenic a subcontinent. I americium not connected authorities here. In territory courts, we person our idiosyncratic languages similar Kannada, Tamil etc. In law courts, English is the authoritative language.”
"Otherwise, however bash we transportation judges to antithetic precocious courts? Please, person immoderate benignant of moderation successful this. Moderation is required erstwhile we accidental this due to the fact that we (south Indians) bash not privation to beryllium isolated arsenic we bash not cognize Hindi. This is what I americium saying, coming from the south," she said.
Her effect came aft Chief Justice of India Surya Kant answered a question from a pistillate lawyer astir the steps being taken by him for lawyers who are proficient successful their section languages but bash not cognize English.
