Supreme Court drops adverse remarks against 3 NCERT book experts
The Supreme Court on Friday modified its March 11 order that had directed the Centre, states, union territories and other universities and institutions to disassociate from three academics, in connection with a row over an NCERT Class 8 textbook chapter containing “offending” remarks on corruption in the judiciary, and dropped all adverse observations against them. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant accepted the explanation by the three experts — Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant accepted the explanation by the three experts — Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar and Alok Prasanna Kumar — that they had no intention to show the judiciary in a bad light and that the preparation of the textbook was a collective effort. The court left it to the states and the Centre to take an independent decision without being influenced by the court’s earlier direction. “We deem it appropriate to modify paragraph 8 of our March 11, 2026 order and recall the direction …
