New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- After the Supreme Court took strong note of references to "corruption in the judiciary" in a Class 8 Social Science textbook, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday said it has put the book's distribution on "strict hold" and apologised for what it termed an "error of judgement".

In a press statement issued late Wednesday evening, NCERT said that after bringing out the Social Science textbook Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Vol II for Class 8 on February 24, "it has been observed that certain inappropriate textual material and errors of judgement have inadvertently crept into Chapter No 4, entitled 'The Role of Judiciary in our Society'."

The development comes after the ...