India speaks 120 languages. But on internet, laws only in govt's favourite Hindi and English
Text Size: A+ In India over 121 languages are spoken but the law is inaccessible in these languages on the Internet due to the preference and importance given to English and Hindi by the Government for the purposes of legislative drafting. Yet, the right to access translated text is guaranteed by the Constitution of India, 1950 and is one of the core aspects of access to justice and open data, thus underlining the need for better dissemination efforts by the government to make citizens equal participants in a democracy. The COVID-19 lockdown has shown how critical this issue of lack of ac...
Source: theprint.in