SC hearing on NCERT Class 8 textbook LIVE updates: CJI-led Bench to hear suo motu case on inclusion of chapter on 'corruption in judiciary'

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to perceive connected Thursday greeting (February 26, 2026) a suo motu case registered implicit the inclusion of a section — ‘The Role of the Judiciary successful Our Society’ — on “corruption” successful the judiciary successful the NCERT’s newest Social Science textbook for Class 8.

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A three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi volition perceive the lawsuit titled ‘In Re: Social Science Textbook for Grade-8 (Part 2) published by NCERT and ancillary issues’.

Hours aft the apical tribunal took note, the National Council for Educational Research and Training issued a connection apologising for the “inappropriate textual material” and “error successful judgement”, and said that the directions to halt the organisation of the publication successful question “had been complied with”.

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