India, March 20 -- The Union government on Friday informed the Supreme Court that it has constituted an expert committee that includes two former top court judges and a former attorney general, to review the controversial NCERT Class 8 social science chapter on the judiciary, in compliance with the court's earlier directions issued in the wake of the recent textbook row.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told a bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant that the panel will comprise senior advocate and former Attorney General KK Venugopal, former Supreme Court judge Justice Indu Malhotra, and former Supreme Court judge and current National Judicial Academy director Justice Aniruddha Bose, along with a vice chancellor.

"We have appointed...