Abstract
This paper serves as a critical analysis of the Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, 2022 and also as the identification of a novel field within constitutional law - ‘language law’. In so doing, a detailed overview of the history of the law and politics surrounding language in India has been provided. The Kannada Act has also been compared to other state-level language legislations - providing a detailed description of the state of play of language law in India. The paper concludes that although the Kannada Act may appear similar to other such legislations, it seeks to impose and not develop Kannada.
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Prasanna Bhattacharya, Aditya and Sharma, Ritwika
(2024)
"How to Build the Tower of Babel: The Kannada Language Comprehensive Development Act, 2022 and ‘Language Law’ in India,"
National Law School of India Review: Vol. 35:
Iss.
1, Article 14.
DOI: 10.55496/OMPZ6798
Available at:
https://repository.nls.ac.in/nlsir/vol35/iss1/14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.55496/OMPZ6798
