What is your problem with Urdu? Supreme Court on plea objecting to signboard

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to a petition seeking removal of an Urdu signboard of Patur Municipal Council [Varshatai vs State of Maharashtra and ors]..The signboard displayed the civic body's name in Urdu along with Marathi. A Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah pointed out that Urdu is one of the languages in the eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution and one should not have problems with Urdu in signboards, particularly in areas where the same is among the languages spoken."What is your problem with Urdu? Understand this - it is an Eight Schedule language. The municipal body did not impose it on the whole State; maybe in that region only that particular language is understood.".The Bench was hearing an appeal against an April 10 order of the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court.The High Court had said that there are no restrictions in putting up sign boards of municipal councils in any language along with the State’s official language, Marathi.It had, thus, dismissed the petition before it.As per media reports, the petitioner had sought a direction to the chairperson of the Akola District Marathi Language Committee to take immediate action to remove the board concerned. It had been argued before the High Court that the Maharashtra Local Authorities (Official Languages) Act, 2022, prohibits the use of languages other than Marathi on signboards of civic authorities..Supreme Court urges retailers in Mumbai to follow Marathi signboard rule instead of spending money on lawyers.Before the Supreme Court today, the Maharashtra government was given time to file its reply and make its stand clear. The matter will be heard next on September 9..Advocates Kunal Cheema, Satyajeetsingh Raghuwanshi, Raghav Deshpande, and Shubham Chandankhede appeared for the petitioner, one Varsha Bagde. Advocates Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Bharat Bagla, Sourav Singh, Aditya Krishna, Preet S Phanse, Adarsh Dubey, and Yamini Singh appeared for the State of Maharashtra..[Read order]