◉ The Supreme Court ruled that state governments have the right to adopt any language as a second language as long as it is in use in the state and figures in the official languages mentioned in the Constitution. ◉ The Supreme Court upheld Uttar Pradesh's decision to adopt Urdu as a second language in 1989. ◉ The states retain this right in addition to providing Hindi as a second language, according to the court, which also clarified that declaring Hindi as an official language, even though it is not used in the state, is not an impediment since it is the country's official language.