Language of record and judgment
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Summary
All court records and judgments must be written in the language of the Court. If the High Court authorises a Magistrate who tries cases summarily, that Magistrate may have an officer appointed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate prepare the record or judgment. Any record or judgment so prepared must be signed by the Magistrate.
Example
Priya is tried summarily before a Magistrate and a written judgment is needed. The High Court has authorised such Magistrates to use an officer appointed by the Chief Judicial Magistrate to prepare the record. The officer drafts the judgment in the language of the Court and the Magistrate signs it.
Bare Act
Enacted text(1) Every such record and judgment shall be written in the language of the Court.
(2) The High Court may authorise any Magistrate empowered to try offences summarily to prepare the aforesaid record or judgment or both by means of an officer appointed in this behalf by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and the record or judgment so prepared shall be signed by such Magistrate.
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