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Classical Language Status to Telugu and Kannada reaches Supreme Court
You might be aware about the fact that, first the Government of India recognized Tamil and Sanskrit as Classical languages. Then ensued struggle by the people of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to have Telugu and Kannada too declared as \'classical languages\' as these two languages readily meet the published criteria. The Government of India resolved, after being satisfied with the merits of both Tel
You might be aware of the fact that, first the Government of India recognized Tamil and Sanskrit as Classical languages. Then ensued struggle by the people of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka to have Telugu and Kannada too declared as 'classical languages' as these two languages readily meet the published criteria. The Government of India resolved, after being satisfied with the merits of both Telugu and Kannada to be so categorized, to declare both as 'Classical languages'. Then came litigation by a leading attorney from Tamil Nadu before the Madras High Court, seeking to quash the GOI's decision in so far as 'Telugu' and 'Kannada' are concerned.
The Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission, (which is the designated department in the Government of Andhra Pradesh for these matters) intervened before the Madras High Court. I represented it. So did Scholars from Karnataka. I represent, Sri Deepak Thimaya from Karnataka before the Madras High Court.
We sought a dismissal of the case on the ground that the Madras High Court lacks territorial jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction and that the matter before the Court is not justiciable and that the petitioner did not plead any injury, either to himself or to any other class of individuals, and that, the jurisdiction of the Court is invited to adjudicate upon an issue which is utterly devoid of merits. Six months later, I am still waiting to be heard.
There has been no hearing at all in the matter and whats more, the very first Order of the Court (before we impleaded) had decreed 'that the decision of the GOI shall be subject to the outcome of the Writ Petition'.
The matter has now been appealed to the Supreme Court. The appellant is the Andhra Pradesh Official Language Commission actively joined by distinguished scholars from Andhra Pradesh. I represent them before the Supreme Court. The case involves issues concerning the limitations of a PIL, territorial jurisdiction of a High Court, whether a High Court could adjudicate upon an issue that is properly a matter between the Centre and the States.
