The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday closed the suo motu proceedings regarding a controversial chapter on “Corruption in Judiciary” that had appeared in an NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook, after the chapter was subsequently withdrawn.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. Mohana handed the order noting that the chapter has been changed primarily based on the revisions prompt by an expert panel constituted by the Centre. Solicitor Basic of India Tushar Mehta knowledgeable that the textbooks with the brand new chapter are in circulation.
The Court docket had earlier taken sturdy objections to the earlier chapter, and had ordered a ban on the textbooks containing the identical. Contempt notices have been additionally issued to the NCERT and Ministry officers who authorized the chapter.
As we speak, the Court docket additionally clarified the scope of an earlier order regarding the three lecturers, stating that its earlier order had merely recorded a submission made by Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta that the curriculum had not been shared with the committee as per the protocol and subsequently was not a collective determination. The Bench clarified that it had not itself made any statement that the curriculum was not a collective determination. The clarification was made contemplating an software filed by one of many lecturers, represented by Senior Advocate Arvind Datar, who submitted that the observations, if misconstrued as a judicial discovering, will trigger prejudice to them.
Senior Advocates Gopal Sankaranarayanan and J Sai Deepak, representing the opposite two lecturers, backed the appliance.
Earlier, the Court docket had passed an order proscribing the three lecturers concerned within the preparation of the chapter from taking part in tutorial initiatives of Central or State universities and public instructional establishments. This path blacklisting the lecturers was subsequently recalled.
Case Title: In Re : Social Science Textbook for Grade-8(Half 2) revealed by NCERT and ancillary points | SMW (C) 1/2026
