Supreme Court Upholds Urdu on Municipal Signboard in Maharashtra:

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court permitted the use of Urdu language for the signboard of a municipal council building in Patur, Akola District, Maharashtra. The decision was made while the country is grappling with the language issue in different parts of India.

The Court remarked that it is the culture of a people that is often the subject of divisions and conflict due to the usage of language. Urdu classifies as one of the languages central and rich in Indian culture and is, hence called, a fine specimen of Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.

Petition Dismissed, Importance of Literature Not Shown

The bench dismissed a petition against the ruling of the Bombary High Court which had ruled allowing Urdu language to be used within the sign of the building. As reported by Bar and Bench, the Supreme Court noted that both Urdu and Marathi languages are equally violent inroads under do not constitutionalally governed English.

The ruling justices added that Urdu is not alien to this country. It emerged in this subcontinent and is thoroughly integrated with the civilization. The court remarked attributing Urdu to one religion is fundamentally wrong and gives colonially manufactured reasoning by prejudgers of the empire.

Court Advocates Linguistic Harmony

The court, as per the account, condemned the biases and prejudgments regarding Urdu. It said that such prejudices need to be dealt with fairly by accepting the truth of India’s languages being a multifactored asset to the nation. The court asked people to accept and embrace Urdu like every other Indian language.

As for the current case, the bench remarked that a township’s council’s basic responsibility is to attend to the needs of the constituents. If a portion of the local populace speaks Urdu, then it is reasonable to position the language on the name plate with Marathi.

Use of Urdu in Daily Speech

The plea against the prescription of Urdu was submitted by a former member of the municipal council, who claimed that the language should not feature in official inscriptions. She lost this battle with the Municipal Council, which resisted her proposal for the removal of Urdu.

Finale has court explain that the Urdu words 'daily' and 'speech' are added to Hindi vocabulary not mentioned in the list. ‘Hindi’ itself is derived from Persian ‘Hindavi’ one, so they remined courteous.