PM Modi Sad With NCERT Judiciary Chapter, Needs Accountability Fastened: Sources

New Delhi:

Accountability must be mounted, was the message from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, authorities sources have advised NDTV, amid an escalating row over the Nationwide Council of Academic Analysis and Coaching (NCERT) Class 8 textbook chapter on “corruption” within the judiciary.

“Kaun dekh raha hai ye sab (Who’s taking care of all this),” a authorities supply advised NDTV quoting the Prime Minister, who’s in Israel.

Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan additionally expressed his remorse in the present day over the inclusion of the controversial chapter.

“We maintain the judiciary within the highest regard… There was completely no intention on the a part of the federal government to disrespect the judiciary. We’re taking this matter very severely… We’ll absolutely adjust to the judiciary’s choice. I’m deeply saddened by what occurred and specific my remorse,” Pradhan advised reporters.  

Earlier within the day, the Supreme Courtroom objected to references to “corruption within the judiciary” within the NCERT ebook and issued a show-cause discover to the Secretary of College Schooling within the Ministry of Schooling and the Director of NCERT.

The highest court docket sought an evidence as to why motion shouldn’t be initiated in opposition to them below the Contempt of Courtroom Act or different relevant legal guidelines.

“We want to have a deeper probe. We have to discover out who’s accountable… heads should roll! We can’t shut the case,” the court docket stated because it questioned Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta, arguing for the NCERT.

In an enormous order, the bench-led by Chief Justice Surya Kant additionally banned the ebook, in India and overseas, and directed seizure of all copies. It additionally issued a blanket ban on sharing the ebook on-line, in complete or in elements and issued notices to the centre and the NCERT Chairman, Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani.

The NCERT Director has been ordered by the highest court docket requested to submit a complete record and particulars pertaining to members of the Nationwide Syllabus and Instructing Studying Materials Committee, who accredited the offending chapter.

It has additionally sought particular names and credentials of the Textbook Growth Crew answerable for drafting the controversial chapter. 

“The unique information of the minutes of all conferences, the place the offending chapter was deliberated and finalised, shall be produced on the following date of listening to,” the court docket stated. 

The NCERT, on its half, has termed it “an error of judgement” and apologised for a similar. 

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 : 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝟖 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐)

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What The NCERT Chapter Says

The NCERT launched a bit on “corruption within the judiciary” in its new Class 8 Social Science textbook, marking a major shift from earlier editions that largely centered on the construction and function of courts.

The revised chapter, titled “The Function of the Judiciary in Our Society”, goes past explaining the hierarchy of courts and entry to justice and addresses challenges confronted by the judicial system, together with corruption and case backlogs.

The chapter lists the approximate variety of pending instances within the Supreme Courtroom (81,000), Excessive Courtroom (6,240,000), and district and Subordinate courts (47,000,000).

Within the part on corruption, the textbook states that judges are certain by a code of conduct that governs not solely their behaviour in court docket but in addition their conduct outdoors it. It additionally highlights the judiciary’s inner accountability mechanisms and refers back to the established process for receiving complaints via the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS).

The chapter provides that efforts are being made at each the state and Union ranges to strengthen transparency and public belief, together with via the usage of expertise and swift motion in opposition to cases of corruption.

The textbook additionally quotes former Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, who in July 2025 stated that cases of corruption and misconduct throughout the judiciary have a unfavourable affect on public confidence.