Hindi not compulsory for Class 1-8: SC

The petitioner had said besides the fact that Hindi is the official language as has been enunciated in the Article 343 of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea to make Hindi compulsory across country in primary schools.

"We can't pass such orders. Tomorrow somebody will say make Sanskrit compulsory... make Punjabi compulsory," said a bench led by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar.

The bench pointed out the government was already taking steps to promote Hindi. "They are doing it themselves very much... these are all policy decisions. How can we issue orders?" the court asked.

In a PIL filed by Delhi BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Upadhyaya said it will promote fraternity, unity and national integration, the great golden goals as set out in Preamble of the Constitution.

The petitioner had said besides the fact that Hindi is the official language as has been enunciated in the Article 343 of the Constitution, it is spoken and used in major part of the country. There are only few states where there is only regional language is spoken.

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