NCERT Judiciary Chapter Row: Supreme Court Asks Centre to Disassociate From Authors

The Supreme Court directed the Union Government, states, and publicly funded institutions to disassociate from three academicians involved in drafting a controversial Class 8 NCERT chapter on “corruption in the judiciary.”

The Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, and Justice V.M. Pancholi held that the authors had either misrepresented facts or lacked sufficient understanding of the judiciary, which could negatively influence impressionable students.

The Court also questioned how the chapter bypassed the prescribed review process of the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee (NSTC).

It asked the Centre to form an expert committee to vet the revised chapter and ensure proper scrutiny before its inclusion in future textbooks.