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Approach Supreme Court for striking down Hindi imposition policy of the centre.

Hindi imposition amounts to discrimination based on language which is in violation of Art. 14 of the constitution.  Why not the  p olitical parties like DMK or NTK    approach the  Supreme Court for striking down the policy? Article 15 of Constitution says 15. Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth (1)  The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them DID YOU NOTICE THAT ‘LANGUAGE’ IS OMITTED? Why? LHR -Linguistic Human Rights  is a major area of global judicial activism .Linguistic human rights (LHRs) are analysed as one type of human right, reflecting an inalienable norm Rights are needed for speakers of dominated languages, who individually and collectively experience linguistic ‘wrongs’, marginalization, and ultimately the extinction of the languages. Wikipedia says ”Individual linguistic rights are provided for in the  Universal Declarati