The Supreme Court held that merely because the party does not understand the language of the Court which has jurisdiction to hear the case, does not provide authority to transfer any criminal case under Section 406 CrPC.
The court observed thus while dismissing a transfer petition filed by one Rajkumar Sabu, against whom a criminal case is pending in Salem Court, that he is not being able to understand Tamil language, and therefore the case ought to be transferred to a Court in Delhi.
The court added that convenience of one of the parties cannot be a ground for allowing his transfer application.