Explanation:

Haryana governor Bandaru Dattatraya approved the notification issued by the Haryana Information, Public Relations and Languages Department regarding the proposal of the state government to amend the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969, to use Hindi language in the courts and tribunals subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The government has said that it has taken this decision keeping in mind the convenience of public. According to the state government officials, people make maximum use of Hindi language in daily life. The objective of justice in a democracy is that the litigant should get speedy justice in his own language and he should not remain speechless during proceedings.

The Haryana Official Language Act, 1969, was passed by the state legislature to adopt Hindi as the language used for official purposes and was made the Official language of the state under the Haryana Official Languages Act, 1969. Since then, the Hindi language is mostly being used as the language of administration.

The Punjab Official Language Act, 1967 was amended by Punjab Act No. 11 of 1969, which added Sections 3A and 3B, that work in all civil courts and criminal courts subordinate to the Punjab and Haryana High Court and all revenue courts and tribunals will be done in Punjabi.

A similar amendment has also been brought in the Haryana Official Language Act, 1969, to provide that work in all courts subordinate to the High Court and all tribunals constituted by the state government of Haryana shall be done in Hindi in Devanagari script.