Kiran Kumar Reddy wants Andhra Pradesh judiciary to promote use of Telugu
Hyderabad: Promotion of Telugu in the judiciary would benefit common people in a big way, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said here today.
“Increased use of mother tongue in the judicial system would enable the people to understand the proceedings better,” Reddy said while speaking at a convention jointly organised by the state Official Language Commission and Andhra Pradesh Judicial Academy on the use of Telugu in judiciary.
He hailed the judiciary for taking a keen interest in enhancing the use of Telugu in courts, an official release said.
Recalling that the state government had recently organised the 4th World Telugu Conference, the chief minister said that the government is taking several steps to promote the language.
Andhra Pradesh High Court Chief Justice P C Ghosh, who inaugurated the convention, said one can express himself better in his mother tongue, the release said.
The use of Telugu in judiciary would make it easy for people to understand the proceedings, he said.
AP Judicial Academy Chairman Justice N V Ramana said the use of English in judgements made it difficult for rural people to understand them.
Official Language Commission Chairman M Buddha Prasad said the use of Telugu in the judiciary would make it easy for people to understand and also enhance their confidence in the judicial system, the release added.
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