Supreme Court · 2014 INSC 594 · Decided 4 September 2014
U.P. Hindi Sahitya Sammelan v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2014 INSC 594 · [2014] 13 S.C.R. 675
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 459/1997
- Decided
- 4 September 2014
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, DIPAK MISRA, MADAN B. LOKUR, KURIAN JOSEPH, S.A. BOBDE (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution
Headnote
Constitution of India, 1950 - Part XVII; Arts. 345 and C 347 - Constitutional scheme of Part XVII -Ambit and scope of Arts. 345 and 347 - Discussed. Constitution of India, 1950 - Part XVII; Arts. 345 and 347-1951 Act was enacted by the State Legislature to provide of Hindi as the language to be used for official purposes and other matters of the State of Uttar Pradesh - Subsequently, the 1989 Amendment Act was enacted to amend 1951 Act whereby s.3 was inserted after s.2 in 1951 Act providing for Urdu language as second official language E for such
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