New Delhi, July 15 -- The Centre has informed the Supreme Court about its decision to accept the recommendations of an expert committee to introduce 'comprehensive sex education' in schools and colleges across the country. The implementation will begin once the court approves the report.

The submission was made before a bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan on Monday, where Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati said the government had accepted the committee's recommendations and would implement them nationwide after the apex court's approval.

The report was prepared in compliance with the SC's directions to examine measures to prevent the criminalisation of consensual adolescent relationships and cases of minor pregnan...