Contentious Chapter Row: NCERT’s Revised Class 8 Textbook Hails Judiciary
Sanjay Maurya | 07 July 2026 | Hindustan Times
A little over four months after the Supreme Court ordered the withdrawal of NCERT’s controversial Class 8 Social Science textbook for its contentious remarks on the judiciary, the organisation released a revised edition that substantially rewrites the chapter on the judiciary, removing discussions on “corruption in the judiciary”, judicial backlog and some landmark Supreme Court rulings.
The new chapter also dwells on the Supreme Court’s constitutional role, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), tribunals and alternative dispute resolution….