The Supreme Court in the case Ripudaman Singh v. Union Of India And Anr observed and has dismissed the Public Interest Litigation moved wherein seeking inclusion of ‘Rajasthani Language’ in the eighth schedule of the Constitution of India.
The present plea is moved by Advocate Ripudaman Singh.
The bench comprising of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narasimha, and Justice Manoj Misra was hearing the present matter, The bench in the case observed and has expressed its disinclination towards entertaining the plea.
The bench of CJI DY Chandrachud in the case observed and has remarked that it was not within the authority of court for mandating the inclusion of any language in the Eighth Schedule. Therefore, the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution is a list of officially recognized languages.
However, at present the eighth schedule includes the 22 languages.
The counsel appearing for the Union highlighted and has informed the Supreme Court that the court had already declined the similar relief in the judgement in the case Kanhaiya Lal Sethia and Anr v. Union Of India and Anr in the year 1997. The counsel, Advocate Singh argued before the court that in the case Kanhaiya Lal Sethia judgement, wherein different questions of law are raised and it has been claimed that the Central government’s policy also was in his favour and that the issue was pending for more than 70 years.
Accordingly, the Supreme Court remained disinclined in order to grant relief to the petitioner.
