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Mahesh Traders, a firm in a district town, wishes to file an application in a civil court subordinate to a High Court. Under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Section 137), who has the power to declare the language of such a subordinate court and the character in which applications and proceedings are written?

The State Government. Section 137(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure empowers it to declare the language of courts subordinate to a High Court and the character in which applications and proceedings in those courts are to be written.

  1. AThe State GovernmentCorrect
  2. BThe High Court by practice direction
  3. CThe Central Government
  4. DThe presiding judge of the court at his discretion

Explanation

Section 137(2) provides that the State Government may declare what shall be the language of any such subordinate court and in what character applications and proceedings shall be written. The High Court, Central Government or individual judge is not given this power by the section.

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