const. if India
Maheshkumar Sharma
(Querist) 28 November 2009
This query is : Resolved
I have gone through the Const. but nowhere found that it is the Language of the Nation, rather it is provided that the work of parlmt. can be done in Hindi or English.
Raj Kumar Makkad
(Expert) 28 November 2009
You are true but where is your quarry?
joyce
(Expert) 28 November 2009
So, Mr Mahesh what next??????????????
A V Vishal
(Expert) 28 November 2009
Official Language - Constitutional/Statutory Provisions
Article 343(1) of the Constitution provides that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the Official Language of the Union. Article 343(2) also provided for continuing the use of English in official work of the Union for a period of 15 years (i.e., up to 25 January 1965) from the date of commencement of the Constitution. Article 343(3) empowered the parliament to provide by law for continued use of English for official purposes even after 25 January 1965. Accordingly, section 3(2) of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (amended in 1967) provides for continuing the use of English in official work even after 25 January 1965. The Act also lays down that both Hindi and English shall compulsorily be used for certain specified purposes such as Resolutions, General Orders, Rules, Notifications, Administrative and other Reports, Press Communiqués; Administrative and other Reports and Official Papers to be laid before a House or the Houses of Parliament; Contracts, Agreements, Licences, Permits, Tender Notices and Forms of Tender, etc.
