NCERT Judiciary Chapter Row: SC Modifies Earlier Order On 3 Academics
The SC bench recalled the part of the order that blacklisted 3 academics over NCERT's Class-8 social textbook, which had contents on corruption in the judiciary.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday modified its March 11 order that had directed the Centre and states to disassociate from three academics over a controversy relating to an National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Class 8 textbook.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, and comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi, said the Centre, states, Union Territories and government-funded institutions may take an independent decision with regard to retaining the services of the academics, Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar.
The court also recalled a part of the March 11 order that had recorded that the three academics had “deliberately and knowingly” misrepresented the facts in order to project a negative image of the Indian judiciary to the students of Class 8.
The bench passed the order while hearing an application filed by the three academicians, who explained their stand and said that no individual had the sole say in the drafting of the content and it was a collective process. The court also observed that its comments were made in the context of the contents and not the individuals.
