Abu Dhabi declaring Hindi as an official language in courts will make justice more accessible, simple: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IBNS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said the move by Abu Dhabi officials to declare Hindi as one of the official languages in its courts will make the justice delivery system simpler.
Swaraj tweeted: "We thank Abu Dhabi for declaring Hindi as one of the official languages in their judicial system. This will make justice delivery system simpler and more accessible to our people."
Hindi will be the third official court language in Abu Dhabi after Arabic and English, The Times of India said.
We thank Abu Dhabi for declaring Hindi as one of the official languages in their judicial system. This will make justice delivery system simpler and more accessible to our people.
— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) February 11, 2019
On Saturday, the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) said it had extended the adoption of interactive statement forms of claims filed before courts to Hindi in labour cases.
According to the report, the move intends to help Hindi speakers learn about litigation processes, their duties and rights without any language barrier.
The Indian community is 2.5 million strong in the UAE, around 30 per cent of the total population.
"This is in addition to facilitating registration procedures to the public through simplified and easy forms and raising litigants' legal awareness via interactive forms of the statements of claims, to ensure access to the legal materials related to the subject of the dispute," the Khaleej Times quoted undersecretary of the ADJD, Yousef Saeed Al Abri, as saying.
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