सं Samvidhan

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

Section 307

Language of Courts

Why this exists

India has many languages, and a single national rule would not suit every state's linguistic context. This provision lets each State Government fix the working language of its subordinate criminal courts, ensuring proceedings happen in a language accessible to the local population, while High Courts (which often function in English alongside regional languages) are left out of this particular rule.