Lawyers Challenge 1965 Decision on English in Courts
The Madras High Court Advocates Association has challenged a 1965 Union Cabinet decision that kept English as the common language for the Supreme Court and all High Courts. The association says it only learned of the decision in 2025, after a lawyer obtained details under the Right to Information Act, 2005.
Context
Context: The Constitution makes English the default language of the Supreme Court and High Courts, while Hindi is the main official language of the Union. The Official Languages Act of 1963 allowed English to continue alongside Hindi, and the language debate has run for decades.
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