DEEMED FRIVOLOUS EARLIER
The recommendation goes against a 51-year-old convention that says the CJI must be consulted on the matter Proceedings are held in all high courts across the country and the apex court in English An SC bench in 2016 had thrown out a petition seeking amendment of the
Constitution to make Hindi the official language of SC and HCs, saying it was “frivolous” and dubbed it “an abuse of the process of law”