India, March 12 -- The Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday said it is perturbed by the stand of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) that a chapter in class 8 social science textbook, which contained controversial contents on corruption in the judiciary, has been "duly rewritten".

The court referred to the affidavit filed by the NCERT's director which said the revised chapter shall be incorporated in the forthcoming academic session 2026-27 and shall be used for classroom transactions in schools in accordance with the applicable curriculum and academic framework.

"We direct that if at all chapter 4 of the subject textbook has been rewritten, the same shall not be published unless it is approved by a committee co...