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SC dismisses NCERT plea

New Delhi April 12. Reiterating its earlier orders putting an interim ban on alleged attempts to "saffronise" the secondary education, the Supreme Court today dismissed an application by the NCERT seeking release of more books under the changed syllabi for this academic session.

A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice S.P. Bharucha, Justice S.V. Patil and Justice H.M. Sema, dismissing the application by the NCERT, also rejected the suggestion of the Solicitor-General, Harish Salve, that some of the books could be released if an independent persons like Justice P.B. Sawant cleared them.

— PTI

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