Consider Plea Making Tamil Mandatory In Flights: High Court To Aviation Ministry

The division bench said that the Central government could be directed only to consider a representation made by the litigant within a period of 12 weeks.

The Madras High Court today directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to make announcements in Tamil mandatory in all domestic flights operating to and from the airports in Tamil Nadu.

The court directive came following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a person, C Kanagaraj, the World Tamil Research Trust President, who urged the court to make announcements in Tamil mandatory in all flights operating from the airports in the state.

Acting Chief Justice D Krishnakumar and Justice K Kumaresh Babu said that courts could not issue a positive direction as sought in the PIL.