Supreme Court Bans NCERT Book with Judicial Corruption Chapter, Issues Notice to School Education Secretary
26 February 2026 | The Wire
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 26) imposed a complete ban on the class eight social science textbook published by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) which included references to “corruption in judiciary” and issued show-cause notices to the secretary of school education in the Union Ministry of Education and the NCERT director.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi, said the contents of the chapter appeared, at first glance, to amount to serious misconduct….