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Hours aft the Supreme Court of India registered a suo motu lawsuit connected Wednesday (February 25, 2026) implicit the inclusion of a conception connected “corruption” successful the judiciary successful the NCERT’s newest Social Science textbook for Class 8, the National Council for Educational Research and Training issued a connection apologising for the “inappropriate textual material” and “error successful judgement” that had “inadvertently crept” into the section successful question.
Officials said directions had been issued connected February 24 (Tuesday) to support the organisation of this publication connected “strict hold until further orders”. On Wednesday morning, the Supreme Court registered the suo motu case, calling the conception “a selective reference”, adjacent arsenic the NCERT apologised successful its connection aboriginal that nighttime saying “it regrets this mistake of judgement”.
A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi is scheduled to perceive the lawsuit titled ‘In Re: Social Science Textbook for Grade-8 (Part 2) published by NCERT and ancillary issues’ astatine 10.30 a.m. connected February 26.
The section ‘The Role of the Judiciary successful Our Society’ successful the Class 8 Social Science publication prescribed by NCERT mentions that corruption, a monolithic backlog of cases, and a deficiency of capable fig of judges were among the “challenges” faced by the judicial system. The conception connected “corruption successful the judiciary” successful the publication states that judges were bound by a codification of behaviour that governed not lone their behaviour successful tribunal but besides however they conducted themselves extracurricular of it.
In its statement, the NCERT said the textbook was brought retired “as per extant procedure”, adding that the “inappropriate textual material” and “error successful judgement” had been “observed” “on receiving the textbook”. It said that the Department of School Education besides made akin observations.
Government officials said the absorption to halt the organisation of the publication was issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy connected February 24 (Tuesday). In the statement, the NCERT said the directions “had been complied with”.
“The National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT) holds the judiciary successful highest esteem and considers it to beryllium the upholder of the Indian Constitution and protector of Fundamental Rights. The aforesaid mistake is purely unintentional and NCERT regrets the inclusion of inappropriate worldly successful the said chapter,” the NCERT said successful the statement.
The NCERT said that the nonsubjective of the caller textbook is to “strengthen law literacy, organization respect, and informed knowing of antiauthoritarian information amongst students”, adding that “there is nary intent to question oregon diminish the authorization of immoderate law body”.
It said that since NCERT remains “open to constructive feedback” arsenic “part of its continuous reappraisal process”, the worldly successful question “shall beryllium re-written, with consultation of the due authority, arsenic necessary, and would beryllium made disposable to students of Class 8 accordingly connected the commencement of world league 2026-27”.
The NCERT reiterated its “resolve to continuously enactment for organization sanctity and respect”.
