Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 288
Language of record and judgment
(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.
Why this exists
Requiring the court's local language keeps proceedings understandable to the people involved. Allowing an appointed officer to prepare the paperwork, while the magistrate remains responsible by signing it, balances administrative efficiency with judicial accountability in high-volume summary courts.