New Delhi, May 23 -- The Supreme Court on Friday dropped all adverse observations made against the three academic experts - Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar- involved in preparing the NCERT Class 8 textbook containing allegedly objectionable remarks against the judiciary. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant accepted the experts' explanation that they had no intention to show the judiciary in a bad light and that the textbook's preparation was a collective effort. Accepting the explanation, the court recalled that portion of its March 11 order which directed the Centre, states, Union territories and other universities or institutions to disassociate from these experts. The states and Centre were left to take an independent decision without being influenced by the court's earlier direction. "We deem it appropriate to modify paragraph 8 of our March 11, 2026 order and recall the direction to Union, states, UTs or other universities/institutions to disassociate the three applicants from the academic activities. In this regard, we leave it to the Union, states and UTs or other authorities to take an independent decision without being influenced by paragraph 8 of our order,"stated the order. P4...