New Delhi/IBNS, Feb. 26 -- The Supreme Court of India on Thursday ordered a blanket ban on the reprinting and online circulation of the Class 8 Social Science textbook published by the NCERT after it included a controversial chapter referring to corruption in the judiciary, media reports said.

The order came during the hearing of a suo motu case taken up by the apex court over the chapter titled "The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society." The court also directed authorities to seize all existing copies of the book and issued notices to the Centre and NCERT Chairman Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani.

Expressing strong displeasure, the bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant sought accountability from both the central government and ...