INDO-UAE RELATIONS

About: 

• The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD) said, it has extended the adoption of interactive forms of statement of claims filed before courts by including Hindi. 
  
  
• Significance: 
  • The UAE population is estimated to be around five million of which 2/3rd are immigrants from foreign countries. An estimated 3.3 million Indian expats live in UAE, and a large number of them are blue collared workers. 
    
    
  • The move will help the Hindi speakers 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. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Comment: Relations between India and UAE has been on the upswing in the last few years, especially after the high-level visits which have helped in strengthening the bilateral relations between the two countries.