India, Feb. 26 -- Hours after the admonishment by the Supreme Court, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday pulled a Class 8 textbook from its website. The council, responsible for school education curriculum, is also considering the removal of the controversial portions from the books already printed, said officials.

A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi has taken suo motu cognisance of the "objectionable" statements about the judiciary in NCERT textbooks after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, alongside Abhishek Singhvi, mentioned the matter for urgent consideration. CJI Kant strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corrupt...