New Delhi, Sep 6 - A group of lawyers have started a signature campaign in Delhi High Court and the five district courts of the capital, requesting that they be allowed to argue their cases in Hindi also apart from the English language now used.

'We have received a huge response from the lawyers and collected over 3,000 signatures so far to support our campaign,' said Ashok Aggarwal, president of the Delhi unit of the lawyers' association.

The signature campaign began earlier this week in the five district courts and reached the high court Friday.

After collecting signatures from the lawyers fraternity, the group will then urge the chief justice of Delhi High Court to allow them to present their cases in Hindi as it is the national language.

'Even in our constitution, Article 19(A) says that everyone can express himself in any language and denying the use of Hindi in courts is a violation of this fundamental right,' Aggarwal said.