 bill no  30 of  2017 the constitution (amendment) bill, 2017 by shri om birla, mp a bill further to amend the constitution of indiabe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2017short title and commencement5(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointamendment of article 3482 in article 348 of the constitution, for clause (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—"(1) notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this part, unless parliament by law otherwise provides—(a) all proceedings in the supreme court shall be in the hindi language; (b) all proceedings in a high court shall be in the hindi language and also inthat regional language which is used in the state where the principal seat of that high court is situated;(c) the authoritative texts—(i) of all bills to be introduced or amendments thereto to be moved in either house of parliament;5(ii) of all acts passed by parliament and of all ordinances promulgated by the president; and(iii) of all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under this constitution or under any law made by parliament, shall be both in the hindi and the english languages; and(d) the authoritative texts—10(i) of all bills to be introduced or amendments thereto to be moved in the house or either house of the legislature of a state;(ii) of all acts passed by the legislature of a state and of all ordinances promulgated by the governor of a state; and15(iii) of all orders, rules, regulations and bye-laws issued under any law made by the legislature of a state;shall be both in the hindi language and also in the regional language which is used in that state" statement of objects and reasonsafter independence, while framing the constitution, the founding fathers of the constitution had envisaged the continuation of english language in the courts of india till hindi language spreads adequately across the country as per article 348 of the constitution, all works in courts should be transacted in english language now the time has come for the one hundred and twenty-five crore citizens of india to deliver justice to them in their own language justice should be delivered in indian languages (languages specified in the eighth schedule to the constitution) in high courts as well even after sixty-nine years of independence, the usage of english language in courts still continues as per constitution, all laws and ordinances, etc are requirement to be codified in the english language only this phase of slavery to english language being witnessed in our courts and parliament should discontinue with the constitutional obligation neither the judges can pronounce their judgements in the hindi or in any other indian language nor can the lawyers argue in courts in indian languages they have to perform all their work in english language even if a judge wants to use any indian language for pronouncing judgement, the constitution does not permit it there is a restriction on use of indian languages in the high courts of india also it is a matter of concern for whole of the country the country can prosper only when its languages are not demeaned everyone has a right to get justice in his language and it should be done at the earliestthe bill, therefore, seeks to amend the article 348 of the constitution with a view to provide that—(i) all proceedings in the supreme court shall be in hindi; (ii) all proceedings in a high court shall be in the hindi language and also in that regional language which is used in the state where the principal seat of that high court is situated;(iii) the authoritative texts of all bills, introduced in and acts passed by houses of parliament shall be in both hindi and english languages; and(iv) the authoritative text of all bills introduced in and act passed by the legislature of a state shall be both in hindi language and also in the regional language which is used in that statehence, this billnew delhi;om birlajanuary 31, 2017 annexure extract from the constitution of india    chapter iii language of the supreme court, high courts, etc348 (1) notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this part, until parliament by law otherwise provides—(a) all proceedings in the supreme court and in every high court,(b) the authoritative texts—language to be used in the supreme court and in the high courts and for acts, bills, etc(i) of all bills to be introduced or amendments thereto to be moved in either house of parliament or in the house or either house of the legislature of a state,(ii) of all acts passed by parliament or the legislature of a state and of all ordinances promulgated by the president or the governor 1[] of a state, and(iii) of all orders, rules, regulations and byelaws issued under this constitution or under any law made by parliament or the legislature of a state, shall be in the english language       lok  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri om birla, mp)gmgipmrnd—4559ls(s3)—22-02-2017