Suo motu case on NCERT chapter on judiciary: LIVE UPDATES from Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is hearing a suo motu case initiated by it about a portion of the class 8 Social Science textbook released by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on “corruption in judiciary.”

The book is reported to have a section on “corruption in the judiciary” as part of a chapter on “The role of the judiciary in our society."

The issue was mentioned by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal before a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Wednesday, when the Court revealed that it has taken cognisance of the issue as well.

Meanwhile, the NCERT released a press note attributing the controversial portion of the textbook to an inadvertent error of judgment, adding that it is withdrawing the said portion of the book and would be rewriting it after proper consultation.

"Certain inappropriate textual material and error of judgement have inadvertently crept into Chapter No 4, entitled 'The Role of Judiciary in our Society' (pg 125-142). The Department of School Education & Literacy (Ministry of Education) also made a similar observation and directed that the distribution of this book may be kept on strict hold until further orders. The same has been complied with," the note issued last evening said.

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