India, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a "blanket ban" on the Class 8 NCERT book for social science which included controversial portions, with a chapter on "corruption in judiciary."

Apart from this, the SC bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymala Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, also ordered the immediate seizure of physical copies of the textbook and demanded a takedown of its digital versions.

The court issues show-cause notices to director of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), and the secretary, department of school education, asking them why criminal contempt proceedings should not be initiated in the matter.

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