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    NCERT Restructures Curriculum Committee Following Supreme Court Order

    New Delhi, April 8 The NCERT has reconstituted its curriculum committee after being criticized by the Supreme Court over a section on "Corruption in the Judiciary" in the now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, officials said on Wednesday.The high-powered, 20-member National Syllabus...
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    Review of NCERT Textbook Chapter Initiated by Expert Committee

    New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking the removal of a remark against its verdicts from the NCERT's old class 8 Social Science textbook, stating that people have a right to criticize them.Meanwhile, the Centre informed a bench comprising Chief...
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    Supreme Court Orders Committee Review of NCERT's 8th Grade Textbook on Judiciary

    New Delhi, March 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed its concern that the NCERT believes the controversial chapter in the 8th grade social science textbook, which contains "offensive" content about corruption in the judiciary, has been "properly rewritten".The Supreme Court cited the...
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    Judiciary Chapter Removed Amid Court Concerns

    New Delhi, March 10 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) issued an unconditional and unqualified public apology on Tuesday regarding a controversial chapter in its now-withdrawn Class 8 Social Science textbook, which referred to corruption in the judiciary.Ahead...
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    Judicial Corruption Concerns Lead to Textbook Withdrawal

    New Delhi, March 10 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) issued a public apology on Tuesday regarding a chapter in its Class 8 Social Science textbook, titled "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" (Grade 8, Part II), which included a section on the judiciary. The...
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    Judicial Intervention Protects Curriculum Integrity

    New Delhi, February 26 The Supreme Court said on Thursday that the need for judicial intervention in the NCERT textbook matter has arisen not from a desire to suppress criticism, but from the imperative to safeguard the integrity of the national curriculum.A bench comprising Chief Justice...
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    Textbook Controversy: Supreme Court Takes Action on NCERT Material

    New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court has ordered an immediate nationwide withdrawal of the Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), along with a complete ban on it. This decision comes after observing that the chapter...
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    NCERT Book Removed Amidst Court Concerns About Judicial Integrity

    New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed a "complete ban" on any further publication, reprint, or digital dissemination of the NCERT's Class 8 social science book, which contains "offensive" content regarding corruption in the judiciary. The court stated that this...
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    Court Orders Seizure, Contempt Action in Textbook Controversy

    New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly criticized the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over references to “corruption in the judiciary” in an 8th-grade Social Science textbook, observing that the controversy appeared to be the result of a...
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    Court Scrutinizes NCERT Textbook for References to Judiciary Corruption

    New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu (on its own motion) case over references to "corruption within the judiciary" in a newly introduced Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).According to...
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    Supreme Court to Examine 'Objectionable' Judicial References in NCERT Book

    New Delhi, February 26 – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a suo motu case concerning what it described as “objectionable” references to the judiciary in a Class 8 social science textbook published by NCERT.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya...
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    NCERT Corrects Textbook Error, Suspends Distribution of Class 8 Social Science Material

    New Delhi, February 25 – The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has temporarily halted the distribution of its newly released Social Science textbook for Class 8 after certain inappropriate content and an error in judgment were found to have inadvertently appeared in...
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