BREAKING| Supreme Court Registers Suo Motu Case Over NCERT Text Book On Judicial Corruption

The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu case over the NCERT Class 8 book chapter on 'corruption in the judiciary'.

The suo motu case. was registered today at 4.40 PM.

The case titled "In Re : Social Science Textbook for Grade-8(Part 2) published by NCERT and ancillary issues" will be considered by a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi tomorrow.

Yesterday, there were reports that the new NCERT social science text book for Class 8 listed corruption in judiciary and case backlogs as major challenges. Today morning, Senior Advocates Kapil Sibal and Dr AM Singhvi orally mentioned their concerns over the text book content before the CJI, saying that it was scandalising the entire judiciary.

CJI Surya Kant said that he was aware of the issue, and that many judges were perturbed by the developments. "I will not allow anyone on the earth to taint the integrity and defame the entire institution," CJI said, revealing that he has passed orders to take suo motu action.

The CJI said that the move appeared to be a "calculated measure". After the CJI expressed his unhappiness, NCERT reportedly withdrew the book.

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