NCERT book row: Supreme Court recalls earlier order banning three academics, removes adverse comments

Key points

• The Supreme Court on Friday modified its earlier order directing the Centre, states, and others to disassociate from three academics involved in preparing the controversial NCERT Class 8 chapter on corruption in the judiciary.
• Recalling its 11 March order, the Supreme Court said that the Union and the states may take an independent decision on associating these academics for academic projects, Live Law reported.
• The court left it open to the Centre, states, Union territories, public universities and institutions that receive funds from the central or state governments to take an independent decision on the issue, without being influenced by its observations made in the 11 March order, news agency PTI reported.
• The three academics were Professor Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar.
• SC's full statement A bench of Chief Justice of India () Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi expunged the part of...