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Language of Justice-II

  Amit Jaiswal* Recently a news report appeared in the Indian Express that the Governor of Haryana, on the request of State government, has sent his recommendation to the President of India for his consent which will authorize use of Hindi language in proceedings before the Punjab & Haryana High Court. This move will have sweeping effects on the justice administration system in our Country and needs broader discussion which the government has totally avoided. At present the judicial system in India is well developed, integrated and uniform throughout the Country.   Lawyers as well as the Judges all over India have the benefit of easy access to the views of other High Courts on similar legislations and other matters of law and constitution.   Presently, the Judges from one High Court are transferred to other High Courts throughout the India seamlessly.      This has given a unified structure to the Indian judicial system and laws are uniformly appl...

LANGUAGE OF JUSTICE

Amit Jaiswal * Recently the Haryana Government amended Haryana Official Language Act, 1969 and inserted Section 3-A in the Act which is as under:- “3-A. use of Hindi in Courts and Tribunals: (1) In all the civil courts and criminal courts in Haryana subordinate to the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, all revenue courts and rent tribunals or any other court or tribunal constituted by the state government, work shall be done in Hindi language.” The Governor of Haryana has also sent his recommendation to the President of India, in terms of Article 348(2) of Constitution of India, for his consent which will authorize use of Hindi language in proceedings before the Punjab & Haryana High Court. This issue has far reaching affects and requires a deeper look into our judicial system. British Rule in India introduced the Common Law system of England which provides basis of our present day legal system. The space doesn’t permit to recount all the milestones on judicial timeline....