348. Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc.— (1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, until Parliament by law otherwise provides— (a) all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court, (b) the authoritative texts— (i) of all Bills to be introduced or amendments thereto to be moved in either House of Parliament or in the House or either House of the Legislature of a State,
(ii) of all Acts passed by Parliament or the Legislature of a State and of all Ordinances promulgated by the President or the Governor 1*** of a State, and (iii) of all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under this Constitution or under any law made by Parliament or the Legislature of a State, shall be in the English language. (2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-clause (a) of clause (1), the Governor of a State may, with the previous consent of the President, authorise the use of the Hindi language, or any other language used for any official purposes of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having its principal seat in that State: Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any judgment, decree or order passed or made by such High Court. (3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-clause (b) of clause (1), where the Legislature of a State has prescribed any language other than the English language for use in Bills introduced in, or Acts passed by, the Legislature of the State or in Ordinances promulgated by the Governor 1*** of the State or in any order, rule, regulation or bye-law referred to in paragraph (iii) of that sub-clause, a translation of the same in the English language published under the authority of the Governor 1*** of the State in the Official Gazette of that State shall be deemed to be the authoritative text thereof in the English language under this article.
343. Official language of the Union.—(1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement:
Provided that the President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union.
When did this become a thing??? Aren't all HC judgments supposed to be in English? Do we ever see the Bombay/Calcutta/Madras//Karnataka/Andhra/Gauhati/Orissa High Courts give judgements in Marathi/Bengali/Tamil/Kannada/Telugu/Assamese/Odia ??
MANY Allahabad HC judges use Devnagari in their judgements. Some Rajasthan HC benches too.
HC ki official language English hai. It's a constitutional court of record. At least khud toh apne rules follow kar lein ye log.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, until Parliament by law otherwise
provides—
(a) all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court,
(b) the authoritative texts—
(i) of all Bills to be introduced or amendments thereto to be moved in either House of
Parliament or in the House or either House of the Legislature of a State,
(ii) of all Acts passed by Parliament or the Legislature of a State and of all Ordinances
promulgated by the President or the Governor 1*** of a State, and
(iii) of all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under this Constitution or under any
law made by Parliament or the Legislature of a State,
shall be in the English language.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-clause (a) of clause (1), the Governor of a State may, with the
previous consent of the President, authorise the use of the Hindi language, or any other language used for
any official purposes of the State, in proceedings in the High Court having its principal seat in that State:
Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to any judgment, decree or order passed or made by
such High Court.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-clause (b) of clause (1), where the Legislature of a State has
prescribed any language other than the English language for use in Bills introduced in, or Acts passed by, the
Legislature of the State or in Ordinances promulgated by the Governor 1*** of the State or in any order, rule,
regulation or bye-law referred to in paragraph (iii) of that sub-clause, a translation of the same in the English
language published under the authority of the Governor 1*** of the State in the Official Gazette of that State
shall be deemed to be the authoritative text thereof in the English language under this article.
Devanagari script.
The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form
of Indian numerals.
(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of
this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union
for which it was being used immediately before such commencement:
Provided that the President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union.
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