India, Feb. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the immediate seizure of physical copies and takedown of digital versions of a controversial Class 8 social science textbook carrying a section on "corruption in the judiciary."

What happened?

The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) released the Class 8 Social Science Part 1 textbook in July 2025 and Part 2, containing a section on "judicial corruption," on Monday (February 23, 2026). Both books were meant for the academic session 2025-26, but the first part was released in July 2025, three months after the commencement of the 2025-26 academic session. The now-withdrawn second part was released just a month before the completion of the 2025-26 session.

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