SC objects to NCERT Class 8 book section on ‘corruption in judiciary’, says won’t allow defamation
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday objected to the National Council of Educational Research and Training’s new Class 8 social science textbook, which includes a section on “corruption in the judiciary”, reported Live Law.
Stating that he would “not allow anybody to defame the institution”, Chief Justice Surya Kant told the court that he had taken suo moto cognisance of the matter, according to Bar and Bench.
A chapter on “The role of the judiciary in our society” in the new Class 8 social science book listed “corruption at various levels of the judiciary” as among the challenges that the judicial system faces, reported The Indian Express.
On Wednesday, however, the newspaper quoted unidentified officials in the ministry as saying that the new textbook has been withdrawn from sale.
The staff at the publication division book counter at the NCERT campus in Delhi said on Wednesday that the book was no longer available, reported The Indian Express.
The book, which had been available for sale on Monday, stated that despite a code of conduct that governs judges and a mechanism for receiving complaints, citizens “do experience corruption at various levels of the judiciary”.
“For the poor and the disadvantaged, this can worsen the issue of access to justice,” the newspaper quoted the chapter as saying. “Hence, efforts are constantly being made at the State...