The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it was “disturbed” by the stand of the National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) that the controversial chapter on judicial corruption in Class 8 Social Sciences Book has been “duly rewritten” and that the revised chapter will be incorporated in the textbooks for the 2026-27 academic year.
The Court was aghast to note that even after it expressed its strong objections to the chapter in the suo motu case, the NCERT has decided to include the chapter in a rewritten form.
The fact that the chapter has been rewritten was disclosed in the affidavit filed by the NCERT Director, Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani, who was earlier…