Ire over SC Ban on NCERT Book: CJAR Calls for Academic Freedom
05 April 2026 | The Telegraph
The Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) on Saturday expressed concern over the Supreme Court’s recent order in a suo motu proceeding relating to a chapter on the judiciary in a Class VIII social science textbook of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
The court last month, through a series of orders, directed a blanket ban on the textbook, sought to penalise and dissociate three members of the Textbook Development Team from future academic work, and warned against “mischief mongers” on social media amplifying the material….