It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages.
Constitution · India · PART XVII · CHAPTER IV — Special Directives
Article 351 Constitution Directive for development of the Hindi language
The Constitution of India · Edition: Supplied Law Library page: pocket edition attributed to Legislative Department, as on 10 September 2026; imported 6 November 2026
Judgments on Article 351
LOK 2007 (5) SC 1834 · Supreme Court of India
Aashirwad Films v. Union of India & Ors.
Equivalent citations: 2007 (3) CTC 596 : 2007 (6) SCC 624 : 2007 (5) MLJ 170 (SC) : 2007 (6) AD(SC) 266 : 2007 (8) SC 398 : 2007 (4) Supreme 438 : 2007 AIR(SCW) 3603
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ActsThe Constitution of India, 32, 38 and 351, Constitution of India
