The Jammu and Kashmir High Court directed the Petitioner to approach the competent authority for recognition of Hindi language as the official language in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey and Justice Vinod Chatterji Koul disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking recognition of Hindi language as the official language in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as well as in the Union Territory of Ladakh in tune with the mandate of Articles 343 and 251 of the Constitution of India.
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It is observed by the Court that that the subject of the PIL squarely comes within the domain and powers of the executive.
Therefore the Court disposed of the PIL with direction to the Petitioner to approach the competent authority/ forum for seeking the relief as claimed.
It is pertinent to note that the PIL is filed by one Jagdev Singh.