NCERT issues public apology, withdraws Class 8 textbook after row over judiciary chapter ...

The NCERT issued a public apology on Tuesday for including a chapter on judicial corruption in a recent book that had earned the Supreme Court’s ire, and said the entire textbook has been withdrawn.

NCERT has withdrawn the Class 8 social science textbook Exploring Society: India and Beyond (Part II) and issued a public apology after controversy over the chapter “The Role of Judiciary in our ...