Children will understand the real challenges facing the judiciary.
Digital Desk, New Delhi. Now school children will be exposed to the real challenges facing the judiciary at an early age. In a significant change to the school curriculum, the National Council of Educational Research and Training has for the first time discussed in detail the challenges faced by the judiciary - corruption, heavy burden of pending cases and shortage of judges - in the new social science textbook for class VIII. For this, for the first time a separate section on 'Corruption in Judiciary' has been added.
The chapter titled 'The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society' explains that judges are bound by a code of conduct, which governs their conduct both inside and outside the court. The book also acknowledges that experiences of corruption occur at various levels, which can affect the access to justice of poor and marginalized people.
Cases pending in the courts are also mentioned. According to the book, the situation of pending cases in the country is serious. About 81 thousand cases are pending in the Supreme Court. About 62 lakh 40 thousand cases are reported pending in various High Courts and about 4 crore 70 lakh cases are reported pending in District and Subordinate Courts. The total number of pending cases is more than five crore. The large number of vacancies as compared to the sanctioned strength of judges has also been cited as a reason for the delay.
Students will learn about the complaint system
The book mentions the system of filing complaints through the 'Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS)', referring to the internal accountability mechanism of the judiciary. More than 1,600 complaints have been reported to have been received through this system between 2017 and 2021.
It has also been made clear in the chapter that in case of serious allegations, Parliament can remove the judge from the post by passing an impeachment motion. For this, a systematic investigation is conducted and the concerned judge is given an opportunity to present his side.
The statement of former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai is also quoted in the book. He had said that incidents of corruption or misconduct within the judiciary affect public trust, but trust can be restored only with prompt and transparent action.
Why corruption issue is not connected between executive and legislature: Sibal
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal has criticized NCERT for adding a section on corruption in the judiciary in the new social science book of class VIII. He raised the question that when the judiciary was being discussed then why corruption in the executive and the legislature was not written about equally.
In his message on internet media platform 'X', Sibal said that the book includes a chapter on corruption in the judiciary, but there is no discussion on alleged corruption among politicians, ministers, public servants and investigating agencies. He commented why was he swept under the carpet?
(With inputs from news agency PTI)
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