The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 26, 2026) ordered a complete, blanket ban on the reprinting and digital dissemination of the NCERT’s newest Social Science textbook for Class 8 which includes a chapter — ‘The Role of the Judiciary in Our Society’ — on “corruption” in the judiciary. The Supreme Court was hearing a suo motu case registered over the matter. “It is fundamentally wrong to expose students to biased misconceptions at this tender age,” the CJI said. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said an unqualified and unconditional apology will be published, adding that the individuals who prepared the chapter would not be associated with any preparation of any chapter or any work in any ministry. This comes after NCERT on Wednesday (February 25, 2026) issued a statement of apology and said that the directions to stop the distribution of the book in question “had been complied with”.

Source: The Hindu February 26, 2026 17:45 UTC