Heads must roll: CJI on NCERT book row

COMING DOWN HEAVILY on the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for introducing a section on “Corruption in the Judiciary” in its Class 8 social science textbook, the Supreme Court Thursday called it a “calculated move to undermine and demean dignity of judiciary”.

- ANANTHAKRISHNAN G

It imposed a “complete blanket ban” on further publication, reprinting or digital dissemination of the book.

Taking up a suo motu case in the matter after The Indian Express first reported the content of the new section in the textbook, the bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, also issued notices to the Secretary, School Education Department in the Ministry of Education, and the NCERT Director, asking them to show cause why action under the Contempt of Courts Act or any other provision of law should not be initiated against them.