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  2. Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    The Official Languages Act, 1963 which came into effect on 26 January 1965, made provision for the continuation of English as an official language alongside Hindi. [2] In 1968, the official language resolution was passed by the Parliament of India. As per the resolution, the Government of India was obligated to take measures for the development ...

  3. Languages with legal status in India - Wikipedia

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    The commission was to suggest steps to be taken to progressively promote the use of Hindi as the official language of the country. [5] The Official Languages Act, 1963 which came into effect on 26 January 1965, made provision for the continuation of English as an official language alongside Hindi. [6]

  4. Article 370 of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    Article 370 was drafted in Part XXI of the Indian constitution titled "Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions". [8] It stated that the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir would be empowered to recommend the extent to which the Indian constitution would apply to the state.

  5. Hindi - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), [9] commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script. It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India.

  6. Directive Principles - Wikipedia

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    The Directive Principles of State Policy of India are the guidelines to be followed by the government of India for the governance of the country. They are not enforceable by any court, but the principles laid down there are considered "Fundamental" in the governance of the country, which makes it the duty of the State [1] to apply these principles in making laws to establish a just society in ...

  7. Article 15 of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Article 15 of the Constitution of India forbids discrimination on grounds only of religion , race, caste, gender, or place of birth or any of them. It applies Article 14 's general principle of equality in specific situations by forbidding classifications made on protected grounds. [1] While prohibiting discrimination based on ...

  8. Public interest litigation in India - Wikipedia

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    The chief instrument through which judicial activism has flourished in India is public interest litigation (PIL) or social action litigation (SAL).It refers to litigation undertaken to secure public interest and demonstrates the availability of justice to socially-disadvantaged parties and was introduced by Justice P. N. Bhagwati and Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer.

  9. Three-language formula - Wikipedia

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    The Education Commission of 1964–1966 recommended a modified or graduated three-language formula. Following some debate, the original three-language formula was adopted by the India Parliament in 1968. [2] The formula as enunciated in the 1968 National Policy Resolution which provided for the study of "Hindi, English and modern Indian ...