Maharashtra govt should seriously implement its policy to promote Marathi language: Bombay HC

The Maharashtra government should implement seriously its policy to promote Marathi language the Bombay High Court has said while directing it to henceforth hold the public prosecutor recruitment exam in the state in Marathi alsoA division bench of Justices S V Gangapurwala and R N Laddha passed the order on September 7 on a petition filed by one Pratap Jadhav seeking that the exam for the posts of public prosecutors be conducted in Marathi also instead of only EnglishThe order was made available on SaturdayJadhav had said he studied in Marathi since school and that proceedings before the courts of Judicial Magistrate First Class and Civil Judge Junior Division are normally conducted in Marathi languageMarathi is a local language he saidThe high court in its order said the Maharashtra government ought to have been serious on the issueThe government cannot say that for the examination of the magistrates and civil judges can be provided for answering in Marathi language and for the examination of Public Prosecutor the same facility would not be provided In fact it is the general stand of the government to promote the local language Marathi the HC saidWe may not fathom the stand of the government it addedAlso Read From Karachi to Mumbai Note details 1947 trip of Marathispeaking families and how they rebuilt their livesThe examination is scheduled on September 11 2022 and hence it may not be possible for an order to be passed for this years exam the court saidHowever the government shall ensure that the next examination to be held for public prosecutors shall be conducted in English as well as Marathi language it saidThe court further said its order would help in implementing the Maharashtra governments policy of promoting Marathi the language of the stateThe petition claimed the Maharashtra Public Service Commission MPSC holds the exam for the selection of lower courts in Marathi as well as English languageAdditional Government Pleader Molina Thakur told the court that this year 7700 candidates are appearing for the examination for the posts of public prosecutorsShe claimed only the petitioner has raised the objection over language and that it may not be possible to find an examiner to assess the answer papers in Marathi languageThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever