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NCERT ‘Judiciary Corruption’ Row: SC Directs Centre, States to Dissociate Panel Behind Class 8 Chapter
The Supreme Court ordered the Centre to form a domain expert panel within a week and banned the publication of a controversial Class 8 NCERT chapter on judicial corruption.
- On March 11, 2026, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to set up a committee of domain experts within one week to finalise the NCERT legal-studies curriculum and associate the National Judicial Academy.
- The Supreme Court on March 11, 2026, took suo motu cognisance after a February 24 report about the Class 8 sub-chapter 'Corruption in the Judiciary,' noting concerns about its portrayal to students.
- The NCERT Director filed an affidavit tendering an unconditional apology, while the bench noted the chapter was rewritten but circulated digitally to only a few NSTC members instead of the full 19-member committee.
- The bench directed the Centre, states, and institutions to disassociate Professor Michel Danino and two associates from public‑funded curriculum work, allowing them to seek modification after explanation.
- The Court recommended a three‑member expert mix including one former senior judge, one eminent academician and one renowned law practitioner, associating the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, while the government said NCERT will review textbooks across all classes with domain‑expert vetting.
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Disassociate from authors of judiciary chapter, SC tells Centre, states
New Delhi: Acting tough against three experts involved in drafting of a controversial chapter in the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Class 8 social science book containing “offending” contents on corruption in the judiciary, the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 11, directed the Centre and all state governments to disassociate from them. The apex court directed the Centre to constitute a committee of domain experts …
NCERT ‘Judiciary Corruption’ row: SC directs Centre, states to dissociate panel behind Class 8 chapter
The three have been dissociated from preparing curriculum or finalisation of the textbook or rendering any service to the NCERT even for the next generation if that would mean a payment to them from the public funds.
‘Disturbed’: SC orders blacklisting of NCERT experts over ‘corruption in judiciary’ chapter; directs Centre, states, universities to dissociate immediately
The Supreme Court also asked NCERT to revisit the composition of the National Syllabus and Teaching Learning Material Committee, especially those to whom the offending chapter was shown.
"They must know how to deal with the current CJI": SC orders dissociation of NCERT panel behind 'Corruption in Judiciary' chapter in Class 8 textbook
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Centre, all State governments and institutions receiving public funds to dissociate the chairperson of the NCERT social science curriculum, Professor Michel Danino, along with his two associate members, from any role in preparing school curriculum or finalising textbooks for the next generation over the controversial sub-chapter titled "Corruption in the Judiciary" in the Class 8 NCERT Social Science t…
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