Expert Panel Formed by Union Govt for Revised Judiciary Corruption Section
The Central Government has constituted a three-member expert committee to review and rewrite the Class 8 National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) textbook chapter regarding corruption within India's judiciary, following ongoing controversy over its content described by experts as "judicial integrity issues." Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday that this panel includes former apex court judges Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose alongside ex-Attorney-General K.K.
Key Points
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1The Central Government has constituted a three-member expert committee on Friday, March 20th (year implied as per article date), tasked with reviewing and rewriting the NCERT Class 8 chapter regarding judicial corruption.
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2This decision follows an ongoing controversy between schools/parents/citizenship groups who criticized existing textbook content for allegedly glorifying or failing to adequately address issues of 'corruption in judiciary'.
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3The committee comprises three senior legal figures former Supreme Court judges Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose, along with ex-Attorney General K.K. Venugopal.
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4Solicitor General Tushar Mehta formally informed the Chief Justice's Bench that this panel has been set up to finalize revised content for National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks.
Developments
Perspectives
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it had constituted an expert committee comprising two former apex court judges
— ['Publish.tribuneindia.com']Following a row over a section referring to corruption in judiciary, government formed three-member panel.
— [['Timesofindia.indiatimes.com']]The Union Government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has set up an expert committee comprising senior legal figures
— ['Feeds.feedburner.com']Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a Bench of Chief Justice...
— ['Publish.tribuneindia.com']The Centre has formed an expert committee including former judges and Attorney General KK Venugopal to draft revisions for Class 8 NCERT textbooks regarding corruption in the judiciary while reviewing petitions against passages criticizing court rulings on slum dwellers, which Chief Justice Surya Kant deemed healthy criticism rather than grounds for judicial intervention.