South Indians don't want to be isolated because they don't know Hindi: Supreme Court judge B.V. Nagarathna

South Indians do not want to be isolated because they do not know Hindi, Supreme Court judge B.V. Nagarathna said on Wednesday (December 3, 2025).

Responding to a question on the use of Hindi in the judiciary, Justice Nagarathna clarified that she does not mean politics and said India is a subcontinent and one cannot be very exclusive in one's language.

She said there are so many languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution, and in South India, there are at least six languages.

Justice Nagarathna said one cannot be very exclusive in their language and what connects different south Indian states is English.

She said if one goes to Tamil Nadu, nobody speaks English or Hindi and communication is an issue.

"How do I converse? You must understand India as a subcontinent. I am not on p