Belagavi, Dec 11: The Home Department of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union Government has rejected a request by Karnataka government for use of Kannada language in the High Court and similar requests from some other states had also been rejected, Law and Parliamentary affairs minister Krishna Byregowda said on Tuesday.
Answering a question from Congress member U B Venkatesh during question hour in the Legislative Council, he said other states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and others had made similar request for using local languages in the High Courts but the union government had rejected such proposals.
The union government had cited reasons like High Court sessions and verdicts routinely comes up before the Supreme Court and other courts in the states and if regional languages are used it becomes difficult to carry out court proceedings. Hence it cannot be allowed.
The Karnataka government had also passed an ordinance to this effect but even the High Court circuit bench in Karnataka had opined that it was not workable, the minister added.
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