(1) The language which, on the commencement of this Code, is the language of any Court subordinate to a High Court shall continue to be the language of such subordinate Court until the State Government otherwise directs.
(2) The State Government may declare what shall be the language of any such Court and in what character applications to and proceedings in such Courts shall be written.
(3) Where this Code requires or allows anything other than the recording of evidence to be done in writing in any such Court, such writing may be in English; but if any party or his pleader is unacquainted with English a translation into the language of the Court shall, at his request, be supplied to him; and the Court shall make such order as it thinks fit in respect of the payment of the costs of such translation.
Legal Commentary & Landmark Judgments: Section 137
Section 137 establishes that the language which on the commencement of the Code is the language of any court subordinate to a High Court shall continue to be the language of such subordinate court, subject to the State Government's declaration.
Verify the State Government's language notification under Section 137; in many states, documents filed in English must be accompanied by certified regional language translations for subordinate court trials.