Overview

• CBSE’s Governing Body ratified in June 2025 a syllabus revision to integrate the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam across Classes XI and XII.
• Updated Legal Studies will explicitly cover the repeal of sedition, the removal of Section 377 and the ban on instant triple talaq.
• The Board will convene an expert panel and may engage an external content development agency to develop new textbooks by the 2026–27 academic year.
• The curriculum revamp aims to introduce interactive pedagogy, landmark judgments and contemporary legal doctrines in line with NEP 2020.
• Concurrent vocational courses in Taxation and Financial Markets Management are being revised with ICAI and NSE support for completion by November 2025.