Section 7
Optional use of Hindi or other official language in judgments, etc., of High Courts.
The Official Languages Act, 1963
About this Act
An Act to provide for the languages which may be used for the official purposes of the Union, for transaction of business in Parliament, for Central and State Acts and for certain purposes in High Courts.
As from
the appointed day or any day thereafter the Governor of a State may, with the previous consent of the
President, authorise the use of Hindi or the official language of the State, in addition to the English
language, for the purposes of any judgment, decree or order passed or made by the High Court for that
State and where any judgment, decree or order is passed or made in any such language (other than the
English language), it shall be accompanied by a translation of the same in the English language issued
under the authority of the High Court.