Centre directs NCERT to review all textbooks after SC slams 'offending' content

• The Centre informed the Supreme Court it has directed NCERT to review textbooks for all classes.
• The SC bench, hearing a case on "offending" content in a Class 8 social science book, suggested an expert committee instead of just NCERT.
• Solicitor General Tushar Mehta assured the SC that a panel of domain experts would be constituted to vet the curriculum.
• NCERT director filed an unconditional and unqualified apology regarding the controversial content.
• The Supreme Court had previously banned the Class 8 book, citing "offending" content on judicial corruption and a "deep-rooted conspiracy" to undermine the judiciary.