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NCERT Textbook Row: SC Orders Removal of 'Corruption in Judiciary' Authors

NCERT: प्रोफेसर मिशेल डेनिनो, सुपर्णा दिवाकर और आलोक प्रसन्न कुमार (बाएं से दाएं).

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News18•11-03-2026, 20:01

NCERT Textbook Row: SC Orders Removal of 'Corruption in Judiciary' Authors

•Supreme Court angered by 'Corruption in the Judiciary' chapter in NCERT Class 8 Social Science textbook.
•SC directed removal of Professor Michel Danino, Suparna Diwakar, and Alok Prasanna Kumar from curriculum preparation.
•The team is banned from involvement in next-generation textbooks and serving in public-funded institutions.
•Professor Michel Danino, a French scholar and Padma Shri recipient, chaired NCERT's Social Science curriculum panel.
•Suparna Diwakar is an educationist; Alok Prasanna Kumar is a legal researcher and co-founder of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

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