A Lesson the Court Wants Students to Forget
No sooner had the second part of the class eight social science textbook, Exploring Society: India and Beyond , been released than it was withdrawn from the classroom because the Supreme Court of India was displeased with some inconvenient truths in it. How can you teach young students that the Indian judiciary is corrupt? That’s what the SC asked. The judiciary can be corrupt, but that truth should not be revealed to young students, according to our judges. According to reports, the chapter on the judiciary raised three points that the SC took strong exception to. “Heads must roll,” the Chief Justice Surya Kant has asserted. “I am not going to close this proceeding till I am satisfied.” The Chief Justice will be satisfied only when the person(s) who told the truth to young students are fired. The Indian judiciary is vindictive, to be sure. What are the points that piqued the apex court? 1. “People do experience corruption at various levels of the jud...
