India Forms Expert Panel to Revise NCERT Judicial Corruption Chapter

New Delhi, March 20 - The Indian government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that it has established an expert committee to review and revise a controversial chapter on corruption in the judiciary from a Class 8 National Council of Educational Research and Training textbook.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi that the panel includes former Supreme Court judges Justice Indu Malhotra and Justice Aniruddha Bose, the latter of whom serves as director of the National Judicial Academy, along with former Attorney General K.K. Venugopal and a vice chancellor from an academic institution. "We have formed the committee to draft the chapter," Mehta said. "Mr. K.K. Venugopal will be a member of the committee. Justice Indu Malhotra will also be a part. We have also requested Justice Aniruddha Bose from the National Judicial Academy to be there."

The committee's formation fulfills a March 11 directive from the Supreme Court, which ordered the government to assemble a group of domain experts to examine legal studies content in NCERT textbooks across various classes, with a focus on ensuring...