India, March 10 -- In the recent development, the National Council of Educational Research and Training, NCERT, has withdrawn a Class 8 Social Science textbook after the Supreme Court banned the book.

The Supreme Court imposed a 'complete blanket ban' on any further publication, reprinting, or digital dissemination of NCERT's Class 8 social science book, as it contains "offending" content on corruption in the judiciary, saying they have fired a shot and the judiciary is "bleeding".

The Social Science test book "Exploring Society: India and Beyond" Grade 8 (Part -II) which contained Chapter IV titled "The Role of Judiciary in our Society" was banned after it was observed that certain inappropriate textual material and error of judgement ...