What is Article 349 of the Indian Constitution?
Article 349 of the Indian Constitution deals with the special procedure for the enactment of certain laws relating to language. According to this article, during the first fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, no Bill or amendment addressing the language for any of the purposes mentioned in Article 348, Clause (1) shall be introduced or moved in either House of Parliament without the previous sanction of the President. Before giving his sanction, the President must take into consideration the recommendations of the Commission constituted under Article 344, Clause (1) and the report of the Committee constituted under Article 344, Clause (4).