New Delhi, May 5 -- The Class 8 Social Science textbook of the National Council of Educational Research and Training, which was earlier banned by the Supreme Court of India over a chapter referring to corruption in the judiciary, has now been revised and is expected to be released within a week, sources in the Ministry of Education said.

The revised book has received clearance from an expert committee constituted by NCERT to review the contentious chapter on the judiciary. A final approval is expected after a meeting of the NCERT syllabus committee.

"The revised book has been approved by the expert panel. There is a syllabus committee meeting by the NCERT, which will give final clearance. Printing is expected to begin later this week," ...