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NEW DELHI: NCERT on Tuesday issued an “unconditional and unqualified apology” and withdrew its recently published Class VIII social science textbook after Supreme Court objected to a chapter discussing corruption and other challenges within the judiciary.In a statement, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) said the book – “Exploring Society: India and…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday sternly cautioned against any attempt to question the integrity of judicial officers overseeing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. It declared that such actions would not be tolerated and that trust in the judiciary must be maintained.The warning came from a Bench led…
JAMALPUR (EAST BURDWAN): “Is it a crime to live beyond 100 years?” shot back Sk Ibrahim, after learning that his name has been placed in the “under adjudication” category on Bengal’s final voters’ list, published on Feb 28. The 104-year-old resident of Majh Para in East Burdwan’s Jamalpur block has reasons to be angry. He…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday banned the Class 8 social science textbook that had a section on corruption in judiciary, prohibited its circulation in all forms and asked the school education secretary and NCERT chairperson to show cause why contempt proceedings not be initiated against them despite the Centre tendering an unconditional and unqualified…
NEW DELHI: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Wednesday speedily moved to drop references of “corruption at various levels of the judiciary” from its new Class VIII social science textbook after drawing fire from the Supreme Court over what a bench led by CJI Surya Kant called a “deep-rooted conspiracy to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday took serious exception to Class 8 NCERT test book containing reference to corruption in the judiciary.A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant took suo motu cognizance on the matter and said that he would not “allow anyone on earth to defame judiciary.”This comes after a…
Representative image (File photo) NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the Calcutta HC chief justice to requisition judicial officers from neighbouring Jharkhand and Odisha to help such officers in West Bengal in expeditiously scrutinising and determining validity of claims of voters falling under ‘logical discrepancy’ or ‘unmapped’ categories of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR)…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India has permitted the Calcutta High Court to deploy additional judicial officers, including from Jharkhand and Odisha, to expedite scrutiny of voter inclusion claims in West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.The court took note of the Calcutta HC Chief Justice’s assessment that despite assigning 294 serving…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday passed an “extraordinary order”, directing the judicial officers in poll-bound West Bengal to act as Electoral Register Officers (ERO) for the adjudication of claims and objections in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in the State, Live Law reported.This came as the top court flagged…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: When the Supreme Court last year allowed persons with disabilities to enter the judicial service, 24-year-old Thanya Nathan saw a new opportunity open up.Inspired by the judgment, the law graduate with a visual disability from Mangad in Kannur district decided to prepare for the judicial service examination, according to news agency PTI.Now, she has…
