New Delhi, July 7 -- A little over four months after the Supreme Court ordered the withdrawal of NCERT's controversial Class 8 Social Science textbook for its contentious remarks on the judiciary, the organisation released a revised edition that substantially rewrites the chapter on the judiciary, removing discussions on "corruption in the judiciary", judicial backlog and some landmark Supreme Court rulings. The new chapter also dwells on the Supreme Court's constitutional role, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), tribunals and alternative dispute resolution. The opening "Big Questions" section, with questions at the start of the chapter to help students think critically, has also seen a change. Instead of asking students why an independent j...