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…
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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…