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Regional Languages in High Courts (Article 348)
Court proceedings in India's High Courts run in English by default, and the Constitution keeps one narrow door open for a state language. Tamil Nadu's Assembly walked through that door on 3 September 2026, asking the Centre to let Tamil become the working language of the Madras High Court. This card sets out the constitutional route, the statute that completes it, and what the resolution actually demands.
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Tamil Nadu's Assembly voted unanimously on 3 September 2026 to ask the Centre for Tamil as the principal language of the Madras High Court, and this new card sets out the constitutional route such a switch must travel - Article 348(2), the Governor's proposal, the President's prior consent, and Section 7 of the Official Languages Act, 1963 for the judgments themselves.
- Article 348
- Madras High Court
- Official Languages Act 1963
- Tamil Nadu Official Language Act 1956
- court language
- Tamil Nadu Assembly
- language policy
- access to justice
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