Nagpur, Feb. 24 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has, for the first time, introduced content on corruption within the judiciary and the mounting backlog of court cases in its revised Class-8 Social Science textbook.
The new chapter, titled 'Role of the judiciary in society', outlines key challenges faced by the judicial system, including alleged corruption at various levels, shortage of judges, complex legal procedures and inadequate infrastructure leading to a significant pendency of cases.
Previous editions of the textbook explained the concept of an independent judiciary, the structure of courts and access to justice, but did not reference corruption.
They did, however, mention delays in hearings as...