Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised the judiciary's efforts to translate its key judgments into regional languages, in his address to the nation on the occasion of Independence Day.
"I want to thank the Supreme Court that now the operative part of its judgments will be available in one's mother tongue. The significance of regional languages is increasing," said the Prime Minister.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who was among the guests at the event, acknowledged the Prime Minister with folded hands.
The Supreme Court uploaded about 9,423 of its verdicts in regional languages as part of Republic Day and its foundation day celebrations this year.
Since then, 9,423 judgments have been translated into regional languages, with 8,977 of them in Hindi, said Chief Justice Chandrachud.
"Our target is to make a total of 35,000 key decisions since the Supreme Court came into existence, accessible to people in all languages," he added.
Besides Hindi, the verdicts are now available on the Supreme Court website in Oriya, Gujarati, Tamil, Assamese, Khasi, Garo, Punjabi, Nepali and Bengali, and more languages will be added to this list soon.
The initiative is aimed at taking the judiciary directly to people's doorstep and help them understand the legal process by reading judgments in their mother tongue.
PM Modi's reference to the Supreme Court came as he highlighted his government's focus on imparting education in regional languages.
His address also included a report card of his government and its achievements in the past 10 years. He also spoke at length about schemes that his dispensation is planning to introduce.
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