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Marathi Signboard: Bombay HC rejects plea, can’t be termed discrimination

by TLN Team February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
written by TLN Team February 24, 2022February 24, 2022
Marathi Signboard: Bombay HC rejects plea, can’t be termed discrimination

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected a plea filed by Federation of Retail Traders Association on Maharashtra government’s decision to display signboards in Marathi.

The court upheld state’s rule, calling it “reasonable requirement”. Marathi is the mother tongue of Maharashtra and a rule for mandatory Marathi signboards outside any shop or other places can’t be termed discrimination, the court added.

The two-judge bench comprising Justice Gautam S Patel and Justice Madhav J Jamdar also imposed a cost of INR 25,000 on the petitioner organisation and asked the amount to be deposited in the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund within a week.

The bench observed that no other language or script is prohibited or banned, however, the requirement of display of name in Marathi in Devanagri is reasonable in Maharashtra.

The HC said that a Public purpose is sought to be achieved by the said Rule. There is a broader public purpose and rationale. Marathi may be the official language of the state government, but it is an undeniably common language and mother tongue of the state… It has its own extremely rich and diverse cultural traditions extending to every field of endeavour from literature to theatre and beyond. There are texts in Marathi which are expressed and written in Devanagari.

The high court stated, “To say that there is some sort of invidious discrimination is wholly untrue. If any retailer wishes to carry out trade in Maharashtra, it shall be subject to condition that government imposes on all. Clearly there is no violation of Article 14 of the Constitution.”

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