Official Language

• 343Official language of the Union(1) The official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form
• 344Commission and Committee of Parliament on official language(1) The President shall, at the expiration of five years from the commencement of this Constitution and thereafter at the expiration of ten years from such commencement, by order c
• 345Official language or languages of a StateSubject to the provisions of articles 346 and 347, the Legislature of a State may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or Hindi as the language or lang
• 346Official language for communication between one State and another or between a State and the UnionThe language for the time being authorised for use in the Union for official purposes shall be the official language for communication between one State and another State and betwe
• 347Special provision relating to language spoken by a section of the population of a StateOn a demand being made in that behalf the President may, if he is satisfied that a substantial proportion of the population of a State desire the use of any language spoken by them
• 348Language to be used in the Supreme Court and in the High Courts and for Acts, Bills, etc(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 C
• 349Special procedure for enactment of certain laws relating to languageDuring the period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, no Bill or amendment making provision for the language to be used for any of the purposes mentioned i
• 350Language to be used in representations for redress of grievancesEvery person shall be entitled to submit a representation for the redress of any grievance to any officer or authority of the Union or a State in any of the languages used in the U
• 350AFacilities for instruction in mother-tongue at primary stageIt shall be the endeavour of every State and of every local authority within the State to provide adequate facilities for instruction in the mother-tongue at the primary stage of e
• 350BSpecial Officer for linguistic minorities(1) There shall be a Special Officer for linguistic minorities to be appointed by the President.   (2) It shall be the duty of the Special Officer to investigate all matters rela
• 351Directive for development of the Hindi languageIt shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite cu