INDIAN JUDICIARY A QUESTION OF ANSWERS
INDIAN JUDICIARY A QUESTION OF ANSWERS On 26th February print media all over India had front page headlines about the reaction of the apex court on the 8th class chapter on corruption in judiciary included by NCERT. One newspaper carried the title “Deep-Rooted conspiracy to Defame Judiciary: CJI”. Then a box item “Judges of the constitutional and district courts are perturbed by this. I have taken suo-moto cognizance of the issue. I will not allow anyone on the earth to defame the institution or taint its integrity. Whosoever and however high it may be, I know how to deal with it”-CJI Surya Kant”. Another headline inside was “NCERT textbook row: SC says inclusion was ‘inappropriate’”. On 27th February print media continued its coverage of NCERT book row and apex court response. Top billed report in one of the newspaper was “SC bans NCERT book over judicial corruption chapter” “Circulation will invite serious consequences, CJI”. Reports informed that ‘Centre apologises to court, dec...