"Can't Wait Endlessly" For Executive Decision On Using Regional Language In Court: Karnataka HC Pens Verdict In Both English And Kannada
3 months ago

"Can't Wait Endlessly" For Executive Decision On Using Regional Language In Court: Karnataka HC Pens Verdict In Both English And Kannada

Live Law  

Stating that it cannot "wait endlessly" for the Executive to exercise its powers under Article 348 of the Constitution and take a decision on use of regional language in Courts, the Karnataka High Court on Thursday read out a judgment both in English and Kannada language. Just like poet Rabindranath Tagore used to write poems in Bengali also and English also.” It noted that the common man should know the court order. Article 348 prescribes that all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court shall be in the English language. A lawyer then said, "The common man will understand now.” The bench replied by saying "Indeed.” Elaborating further, Justice CM Joshi said, “The Supreme Court has also said that regional languages should be given priority and that Supreme Court judgments should be translated.

Supreme Court High Court English Court Kannada Karnataka Hc Regional Language  using  justice  verdict  kannada  high  judgments  court  wait  pens  english  supreme  order  karnataka  hc  executive  regional  language  translated

History of this topic

Chief Justice Calls for Translation of Supreme Court Judgments to Bridge Language Gap
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Chief Justice Calls for Translation of Supreme Court Judgments to Bridge Language Gap

Live Law  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud expressed deep concern over the inability of subordinate judiciary to access Supreme Court judgments in their own language. He highlighted that despite translating judgments of Supreme Court in all Indian regional languages, the lack of translation in the language of the judge can lead to a disconnect between the process of dispensation of justice …

Supreme Court confirms use of AI in legal research and translation
7 months ago

Supreme Court confirms use of AI in legal research and translation

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court of India has confirmed that AI is being used in various tasks including translation of judicial documents, enhancing legal research and automating multiple processes. The minister also added that a Committee had been formed by the Supreme Court Judge to oversee translation of important Supreme Court and High Court judgments. Until August 5, the Supreme Court has …

Supreme Court of India implements AI for judicial translation, legal research: Centre
7 months, 1 week ago

Supreme Court of India implements AI for judicial translation, legal research: Centre

India TV News  

The Supreme Court of India has implemented Artificial Intelligence language technology to translate judicial documents, improve legal research, and automate various processes. The minister informed that a Committee led by an Hon’ble Judge of the Supreme Court has been established to oversee the translation of important Supreme Court and High Court judgments into vernacular languages. Furthermore, the AI translation committees …

Maharashtra sanctions over ₹6 lakh for software to translate court judgments into Marathi
1 year, 6 months ago

Maharashtra sanctions over ₹6 lakh for software to translate court judgments into Marathi

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government recently sanctioned over ₹6 lakh to purchase a software for translation of the Supreme Court and Bombay High Court judgments from English into Marathi. The High Court has also taken the initiative to translate English judgments into Marathi in March 2023. The resolution has mentioned, “The translators will be paid ₹100 per page and they can be …

Himachal Pradesh High Court Facilitates Hindi Translation Of Reportable Judgments And Orders
1 year, 6 months ago

Himachal Pradesh High Court Facilitates Hindi Translation Of Reportable Judgments And Orders

Live Law  

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has initiated the practice of translating its judgments in the Hindi language. This move aligns with the efforts to enhance accessibility to legal information for a wider audience.These translations will be accessible on the High Court's. These translations will be accessible on the High Court's official website- with effect from January 1, 2023 for both …

Karnataka High Court launches webpage for judgments translated into Kannada
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka High Court launches webpage for judgments translated into Kannada

The Hindu  

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday launched a webpage of its judgments and the judgements of the Supreme Court translated into Kannada from English, so as to give access to the judgments in the regional language to the public in general and the litigants in particular. Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale launched the webpage, containing 169 select verdicts of …

Karnataka High Court Launches Webpage Of Judgments Translated Into Kannada
1 year, 10 months ago

Karnataka High Court Launches Webpage Of Judgments Translated Into Kannada

Live Law  

Judgments of the Supreme Court of India and the Karnataka High Court are now available on the High Court website in Kannada language. Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court, Prasanna B Varale on Tuesday launched a Webpage wherein the judgments translated to Kannada language are available. At present 28 judgments of the Supreme Court 169 of the Karnataka High …

Delhi High Court Makes Available Judgments Translated To Hindi Language On Official Website
2 years ago

Delhi High Court Makes Available Judgments Translated To Hindi Language On Official Website

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has published the Hindi version of some of the judgments passed this year for the understanding of litigants. In a first, a division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad has made available seven judgments in Hindi language from January 01 to February 28, 2023.The translation has been done through AI tool …

Amendments necessary to the Constitution for saving Kannada and 20 other languages in 8th schedule, says Bilimale
2 years, 1 month ago

Amendments necessary to the Constitution for saving Kannada and 20 other languages in 8th schedule, says Bilimale

The Hindu  

Former Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University’s School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies, Purushothama Bilimale, here on Sunday, January 5, expressed the need to amend Article 343 of the Constitution to give primacy to Kannada and 20 other regional languages in the 8th schedule and save them from getting extinct. Speaking at a workshop on “Whether National Education Policy can …

CJI Announces Launch of Service to Provide Verdicts in Some Scheduled Languages from R-Day
2 years, 1 month ago

CJI Announces Launch of Service to Provide Verdicts in Some Scheduled Languages from R-Day

News 18  

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud Wednesday said the Supreme Court will provide over 1,200 apex court judgments in 13 scheduled languages from the 74th Republic Day on Thursday. As soon as the bench assembled for the day, the CJI told the lawyers the apex court will operationalise the part of the electronic-Supreme Court Reports project for making available …

'Kannada, Kannadigas First': K'taka Has Last Word, Draft Bill Proposes 'No Sops' for Firms Flouting Norm
2 years, 5 months ago

'Kannada, Kannadigas First': K'taka Has Last Word, Draft Bill Proposes 'No Sops' for Firms Flouting Norm

News 18  

In a move to promote Kannada, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Karnataka government has proposed that companies that do not give first preference to Kannadigas in jobs will not be eligible for sops and incentives. According to the proposed bill, a ‘Kannadiga’ is defined as a person who is a domiciled citizen for “not less than 15 years" and has learned …

Can't Implement Reform in A Day, Says CJI Ramana Over Using Local Language in Courts
2 years, 10 months ago

Can't Implement Reform in A Day, Says CJI Ramana Over Using Local Language in Courts

News 18  

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday said reforms such as the introduction of local languages in courts cannot happen in a day as these things take time due to logistical difficulties and hiccups. "There are several hurdles and bottlenecks or hiccups in the implementation of a regional language," he said in reply to a query during a …

Allow Use Of Tamil As Language Of Madras High Court, Set Up Regional Bench For SC At Chennai : TN CM Stalin Requests CJI
2 years, 10 months ago

Allow Use Of Tamil As Language Of Madras High Court, Set Up Regional Bench For SC At Chennai : TN CM Stalin Requests CJI

Live Law  

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Mr. M K Stalin on Saturday urged the Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana to consider allowing Tamil, the official language of the state of Tamil Nadu to be used in the High Court of Madras. Official Language Of Courts Article 348 of the Constitution of India provides that all proceedings in the …

'Details Of Number Of Judgements Given In Hindi Not Maintained Centrally', Home Ministry
2 years, 11 months ago

'Details Of Number Of Judgements Given In Hindi Not Maintained Centrally', Home Ministry

Live Law  

The Ministry of Home Affairs informed in the Lok Sabha that the details of the number of judgements given in Hindi are not maintained centrally. The question also sought details of steps taken by the Government to promote the use of Hindi in High Courts and the Supreme Court. It was added that Article 348 states that the Governor of …

High Court's Language Is English; Party Can't Insist On Speaking Another Language : Gujarat HC
3 years, 2 months ago

High Court's Language Is English; Party Can't Insist On Speaking Another Language : Gujarat HC

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court recently stated that the language of the Court is English and that a party cannot insist on addressing the Court in any other language. The Court referred to Article 348 of the Constitution which mandates that the language of the Court shall be English.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri …

'Only English Used In Supreme Court' : MP Raises Issue Of Court Languages In Lok Sabha
3 years, 3 months ago

'Only English Used In Supreme Court' : MP Raises Issue Of Court Languages In Lok Sabha

Live Law  

During the Zero Hour in Lok Sabha today, Mr. Satyadev Pachauri MP from Kanpur raised the issue of the language used in higher courts across the country. "I want to draw the House's attention to the lack of usage of National Language Hindi in the Supreme Court of India and High Courts across the country. "In lower courts, lawyers talk …

Gujarat High Court To Start Uploading Orders/Judgments In The Gujarati Language [Read Press Release]
4 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat High Court To Start Uploading Orders/Judgments In The Gujarati Language [Read Press Release]

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court has decided to start the publication of select High Court Orders/Judgements in the Gujarati Language on the Gujarat High Court's website. The Press Release reads, "As desired by Honourable the Chief Justice of High Court of Gujarat, Mr. Justice Vikram Nath and as further recommended by Honourable Judges of the Artificial Intelligence Committee of the High …

Supreme Court Judgments Now Available In More Regional Languages [Read Judgments in Malayalam, Tamil & Punjabi]
4 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Judgments Now Available In More Regional Languages [Read Judgments in Malayalam, Tamil & Punjabi]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has started uploading the translated version of its judgments in more regional languages.Some judgments delivered by the Court last year and earlier this year are now seen available in Malayalam, Tamil and Punjabi. The Supreme Court has started uploading the translated version of its judgments in more regional languages. Last year, the Supreme Court had started to …

Supreme Court Starts Uploading Of Judgments In Regional Languages [Read Judgments]
5 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court Starts Uploading Of Judgments In Regional Languages [Read Judgments]

Live Law  

From today, we can start reading the Apex Court judgments in regional languages. The official web portal of Supreme Court of India has begun uploading of judgments in regional languages.In a function held today, Justice S A Bobde released the translation of Supreme Court judgments into regional languages. In a function held today, Justice S A Bobde released the translation …

TN leaders demand Tamil translations of Supreme Court orders
5 years, 8 months ago

TN leaders demand Tamil translations of Supreme Court orders

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Even as news spread that Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has approved an indigenous software for enabling translations of Supreme Court judgments in six Indian languages, several political leaders in Tamil Nadu expressed anguish that Tamil was left out. Welcoming the SC decision to translate its judgments into six Indian languages, DMK president M. K. Stalin on Wednesday …

Supreme Court To Make Its Judgments Available In Regional Languages
5 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court To Make Its Judgments Available In Regional Languages

Live Law  

In a good news for the litigants and regional language enthusiasts, the Supreme Court has reportedly decided to make its judgments available in regional languages on its official website by the end of this month. The Hindustan Times reports that, to begin with, judgments will be translated into six vernacular languages: Assamese, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odia and Telugu. The President …

All The Proceedings In SC Shall Be Done In English Language: SC (Again)Directs All High Courts To Furnish English Translation Of Original Records [Read Order]
6 years, 3 months ago

All The Proceedings In SC Shall Be Done In English Language: SC (Again)Directs All High Courts To Furnish English Translation Of Original Records [Read Order]

Live Law  

“We consider it appropriate to consider directing the Registrars General of all High Courts to furnish the translation of the Original Records in English language from vernacular language wherever required, which are to be transmitted to this Court”The Supreme Court has again directed the Registrars General of all High Courts to furnish the translation of the Original Records in. “We …

English- The Language Of Supreme Court Of India
6 years, 4 months ago

English- The Language Of Supreme Court Of India

Live Law  

Following tweet by a journalist has gone viral.https://twitter.com/harishvnair1/status/1057892525241847810This has lead to lot of ‘trolling’ in social media space. Article 348 of the Constitution provides that “Art 348 Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Part, until Parliament by law otherwise provides — all proceedings in the Supreme Court and in every High Court, the authoritative texts — of all …

Tarun Vijay reiterates demand for Tamil in HC
10 years, 6 months ago

Tarun Vijay reiterates demand for Tamil in HC

The Hindu  

BJP’s Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Tarun Vijay on Monday urged the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee to request the Centre to take immediate steps for declaring Tamil for use as a language of the Madras High Court for passing orders and judgments. It might be recalled that Tamil Nadu government had passed a resolution that Tamil should be made …

Classical status for Telugu, Kannada: SC declines to intervene
15 years, 2 months ago

Classical status for Telugu, Kannada: SC declines to intervene

The Hindu  

In a setback to the conferment of classical language status to Telugu and Kannada, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with an interim order of the Madras High Court that the grant of the status by the Centre on the basis of an expert committee’s recommendation would be subject to the final decision of the High Court in …

Discover Related