India, Feb. 26 -- Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday expressed regret over the NCERT textbook row, saying that "accountability will be fixed" for the incident.

The remarks comes after the Supreme Court took strong objection to controversial portions in a Class 8 NCERT book, which included a chapter on "corruption in judiciary."

After the SC ordered a blanket ban on the textbook, Pradhan said that action would be taken against those involved in drafting the chapter on judicial corruption, PTI news agency reported.

Pradhan further said that the Centre has "utmost respect" for the judiciary, and assured that the court's directives will be complied with. The union education minister said he was "very sad at what has ha...