Abu Dhabi announces Hindi as third court language

[Skull and Bones]

ABU DHABI: Hindi is to become the third official language used in the Abu Dhabi court system as part of a move designed to improve access to justice, according to the UAE newspaper The National. Arabic and English are the other two languages used in Abu Dhabi Judicial Department.

The media report says that foreign nationals will be able to lodge claims and raise grievances in Hindi, which is widely spoken by many expat workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in labour cases. Last November, in a first for the region, Abu Dhabi introduced a rule that all documents in civil and commercial cases should be presented to non-Arabic defendants in English.

The Abu Dhabi Justice Department said the change would allow Hindi speakers to learn about litigation procedures and their rights and responsibilities without a language barrier.

This is aimed at helping foreigners to learn about litigation procedures, their rights and duties without a language barrier, in addition to facilitating registration procedures via unified forms available through The Abu Dhabi Justice Department (ADJD) website. Authorities have also created bi-lingual language guides to explain complex legal terms and used info-graphics in an effort to help people understand court processes.

Last month, the Indian missions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced to hire eight law firms to fight the cases of Indian expatriates in distress.

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/430019-abu-dhabi-announces-hindi-as-third-court-language

 

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PTI | Updated: Feb 10, 2019, 12:24 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (PTI Photo

In a landmark decision, Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts, alongside Arabic and English, as part of a move designed to improve access to justice.

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department on Saturday said it has extended the adoption of interactive forms of statement of claims filed before courts by including the Hindi language alongside Arabic and English in labour cases.

This is aimed at helping Hindi speakers to learn about litigation procedures, their rights and duties without a language barrier, in addition to facilitating registration procedures via unified forms available through the ADJD website, the judicial body said.


According to official figures, the UAE population is estimated to be around five million of which 2/3rd are immigrants from foreign countries. The Indian community in the UAE, numbering 2.6 million, constitutes 30% of the total population and is the largest expatriate community in the country.

Yousef Saeed Al Abri, undersecretary of the ADJD, said the adoption of multilingual interactive forms for claim sheets, grievances and requests, aims to promote judicial services in line with the plan Tomorrow 2021, and increase the transparency of litigation procedures.

"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," Al Abri was quoted as saying by the Khaleej Times.

He indicated that the extension of the adoption of interactive forms in several languages comes under the directives of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and ADJD Chairman.

Al Abri explained that the adoption of new languages comes as part of the bilingual litigation system, the first phase of which was launched in November 2018, through the adoption of procedures requiring the plaintiffs to translate the case documents in civil and commercial lawsuits into English, if the defendant is a foreigner.


"The foreign investor receives the case files translated, thus contributing to the provision of a global judicial service that meets the requirements of residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi," he added.

 

[Jackdaws]

Funny. Cause Hindi is not even the language of the court in India. It is exclusively English.

 

[Aryan0395]

Funny. Cause Hindi is not even the language of the court in India. It is exclusively English.

Thats fine. We can't have regional languages as court languages. If its allowed in SC tomorrow HC would demand the same as well. So we will have a different official language court in every state?

 

[Jackdaws]

Thats fine. We can't have regional languages as court languages. If its allowed in SC tomorrow HC would demand the same as well. So we will have a different official language court in every state?

It is an observation, not a criticism. As it is, English is my first language - so no skin off my nose.

 

[Aryan0395]

It is an observation, not a criticism.

No offence bro, just a reason as to why we cant use regional languages as primary language.

 

[War Thunder]

Funny you people don't even know what they refer to as hindi here lol

It's Urdu, written as Urdu and spoken as Urdu. Except referred to as hindi

Here it is as the third language at the bottom

 

[Śakra]

Funny you people don't even know what they refer to as hindi here lol

It's Urdu, written as Urdu and spoken as Urdu. Except referred to as hindi

Here it is as the third language at the bottom

Regardless, Urdu or Hindi, both are Indian languages from UP.

 

[El Sidd]

Funny. Cause Hindi is not even the language of the court in India. It is exclusively English.

Regardless, Urdu or Hindi, both are Indian languages from UP.

bhayya love

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

Funny. Cause Hindi is not even the language of the court in India. It is exclusively English.

Thats why you are not as rich like people of abu dhabi as they make laws to gives people better approach to justice and people of subcontinent meanwhile are still slaves of british.

 

[Jackdaws]

Thats why you are not as rich like people of abu dhabi as they make laws to gives people better approach to justice and people of subcontinent meanwhile are still slaves of british.

Lol. Speak for yourself. And look at the freedom index.

Funny you people don't even know what they refer to as hindi here lol

It's Urdu, written as Urdu and spoken as Urdu. Except referred to as hindi

Here it is as the third language at the bottom

So? Either way it's an Indian language.

bhayya love

Whatever love works for you.

 

[El Sidd]

Whatever love works for you.

look at it this way.

arabs are telling You in your own language what justice is in their eyes.

 

[Jackdaws]

look at it this way.

arabs are telling You in your own language what justice is in their eyes.

That's fine. Google translate also works.

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

Lol. Speak for yourself. And look at the freedom index.

can a british journalist visit IOK?
why was lastyear internet shutdown in kashmir?

 

[Jackdaws]

can a british journalist visit IOK?
why was lastyear internet shutdown in kashmir?

What is IOK?