NCERT issues an unconditional apology and withdraws textbook chapter referencing judiciary corruption after Supreme Court intervention.
After the Supreme Court of India pulled up the National Council of Educational Research and Training over a reference to "corruption" in the judiciary in a Class VIII social science textbook, the NCERT on Tuesday (March 10, 2026) issued an "unconditional and unqualified apology" for the chapter in question.
Last month, a chapter in the NCERT's newest textbook for Social Sciences on the role of the judiciary had caused uproar over the chapter on the role of the judiciary.
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