Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:55pm on 25 Feb 2026,Wednesday India
The NCERT may remove a chapter on “judicial corruption” from a Class 8 social science textbook after objections from the Supreme Court. The council has already taken the book off its website. A three-judge bench took suo motu note of what it called “objectionable” remarks about the judiciary. The bench said no one can be allowed to defame the judiciary or hurt its integrity. The chapter cited data on case backlogs and a quote by former CJI B R Gavai. Sources said the quote was taken out of context. NCERT has called an internal meeting to review the content.
