New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Tuesday tendered an unconditional and unqualified public apology over the controversial chapter referring to corruption in the judiciary in its now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook.Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing scheduled for Wednesday, NCERT said in a press release shared on the social media platform X that the textbook titled ‘Exploring Society: India and Beyond,’ Grade 8 (Part II), inc…
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New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Tuesday issued a public apology over a chapter in its Class 8 Social Science textbook titled ‘Exploring Society: India and Beyond’ (Grade 8, Part II), which contained a section on the judiciary. The council also announced that the entire book has been withdrawn and is no longer available. In a statement, NCERT said it had recently published the Social Science textbook ‘Exploring Society: India and Bey…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an immediate nationwide withdrawal and imposed a complete blanket ban on a Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), observing that references to “corruption in the judiciary” in the chapter, prima facie, reflected a “discernible underlying agenda to undermine the institutional authority and demean the dignity of the judiciary”. A Bench headed by Chief Just…
Jamshedpur, Feb 26 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday expressed deep regret over a controversial chapter relating to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), and announced the immediate withdrawal of all printed copies.Speaking to the media during his visit to Jamshedpur, the Minister said the government had taken the matter very seriously. “We have decided to recall all copies…
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Advocate and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of India, Vikas Singh, on Thursday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for including a chapter on judicial corruption in its textbook, calling the move ‘unfortunate.’ He said that if the intention was to educate students about corruption, other institutions could also have been discussed. Speaking to IANS, Vikas Singh said, “It is unfortunate. If we want to focus on charac…
Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday, in a scathing rebuttal, addressed the controversy surrounding Tipu Sultan, asserting that years of “tempered history” have misled the nation.His remarks came in response to statements made by Congress Maharashtra State President Harshvardhan Sapkal, who had reportedly suggested that Tipu Sultan should be considered on par with Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He criticised what he called the “distortion of historical fac…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh on Thursday criticised the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for including critical references to the judiciary in its textbooks.Reacting to the Supreme Court’s observations on the matter, Ramesh described the decade-long rewriting of textbooks as “disgraceful” and “dangerous.”In a post on X, the Rajya Sabha MP alleged the revisions were an “RSS-driven exercise full of mischief and …
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday came down heavily on the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in a Class 8 Social Science textbook, observing that the controversy appeared to be the result of a “calculated move” that has left the judiciary “bleeding”.A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, hearing a suo motu case titled “In Re: Social Science Textbook for Grade–8 (P…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).As per the causelist uploaded on the website of the apex court, a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi is slated to consider on February 26 the matte…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a suo motu case concerning what it described as “objectionable” references to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by NCERT.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi will take up the matter titled ‘In Re: Social Science Textbook For Grade-8 (part-2) Published by NCERT and Ancillary Issues’.The development assumes significance as the Chief…