NEW DELHI: (Feb 25) The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the contents of the class 8 NCERT textbook referring to corruption in the judiciary and termed it a matter of “grave concern.”

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi was urged by senior advocate Kapil Sibal that “children of class 8 are taught about corruption in the judiciary. This is a matter of grave concern.”

The CJI said, “I will not allow anybody to defame the institution. Law will take its course.”

Source: PTI News

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