‘Deep-rooted, well-planned conspiracy to defame judiciary’: Supreme Court slams NCERT over corruption chapter in book | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday continued its sharp criticism of the NCERT over the newly launched Class 8 social science textbook, with Chief Justice of India Surya Kant lambasting NCERT over a chapter discussing “corruption” and “backlogs” in the judiciary, calling it a “deep-rooted and well-planned conspiracy.”Nevertheless, Solicitor Common Tushar Mehta tendered an unconditional and unqualified apology on behalf of the schooling ministry.CJI Surya Kant reprimanding NCERT for the second consecutive day, stated, “There seems to be a deep-rooted, well-planned conspiracy to defame the judiciary.”“It’s my responsibility to discover out who’s accountable; heads should roll,” the CJI stated on the NCERT book row.The high court docket additionally noticed, “There may be not a single phrase of apology in NCERT’s communication. As an alternative, they’ve sought to justify it.” The Supreme Court additionally referred to as to have a “deeper probe”.A day earlier, the Supreme Court had additionally come down closely on the NCERT over the introduction of the brand new textbook, which outlined the nation’s judicial system in chapter titled — “The Function of the Judiciary in Our Society”, together with references to corruption, a heavy backlog of circumstances, and an insufficient quantity of judges.Following the highest court docket’s sharp remarks, the NCERT moved to withdraw the revised textbook.The NCERT additionally started retrieving the 38 copies that had been bought out of the two.25 lakh printed, sources confirmed to information company ANI.In a late-night time growth, the board introduced that it had put the distribution of the newly launched textbook on maintain after noticing “inappropriate textual materials and an error of judgment” in the chapter on the judiciary. It stated the difficulty was flagged each internally and by the Division of College Training and Literacy beneath the schooling ministry.