The controversial portions about judicial corruption in NCERT’s class 8 textbook could be removed as the government has not taken kindly to the matter, sources said on Wednesday, while the council pulled the book from its website.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi has taken suo motu cognisance of the “objectionable” statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, alongside Abhishek Singhvi, mentioned the matter for urgent consideration.
Separately, CJI Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT’s Class 8 curriculum, saying nobody on earth will be allowed to defame the judiciary and taint its integrity.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT’s) new social science textbooks for Class 8 say corruption, a massive backlog of cases, and the lack of an adequate number of judges are among the challenges faced by the ..​The controversial portions about judicial corruption in NCERT’s class 8 textbook could be removed as the government has not taken kindly to the matter, sources said on Wednesday, while the council pulled the book from its website.
A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi has taken suo motu cognisance of the “objectionable” statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, alongside Abhishek Singhvi, mentioned the matter for urgent consideration.
Separately, CJI Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT’s Class 8 curriculum, saying nobody on earth will be allowed to defame the judiciary and taint its integrity.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training’s (NCERT’s) new social science textbooks for Class 8 say corruption, a massive backlog of cases, and the lack of an adequate number of judges are among the challenges faced by the .. ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
