Chapter IV LANGUAGE IN THE COURT

Language in the court.

1. (1) With the permission of the High Court, measures shall be taken in a phased manner, to translate all proceedings, including the judgments and language used in courts up to the District Courts into Malayalam. For that purpose, the Government shall provide required infrastructure facilities, as may be prescribed.
2. (2) A system, as may be prescribed shall be established at the district level for translating judgments into English, required for filing appeal before the High Court.
3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act, the orders or judgments of all institutions under the Government having quasi-judicial powers shall be in Malayalam Language: Provided that orders relating to linguistic minorities shall be made available in their mother tongue or English.