Dubai:  Alongside Arabic and English, Abu Dhabi has included Hindi as the third official language used in its courts in order to improve access to justice.

Judicial Department of nation 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. The move will be helpful for Hindi speaking people 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  population of  the country 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 per cent of the total population and is the largest expatriate community in the country.

undersecretary of the ADJD, Yousef Saeed Al Abri said that 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 process.