Overview
- Ordering immediate seizure of all printed copies and takedown of digital versions, the court barred any publication or reprinting of the book.
- Show-cause and contempt notices were issued to NCERT Director Dinesh Prasad Saklani and the Department of School Education, with directions to name those who cleared the chapter.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta offered an unconditional apology on behalf of the Education Ministry, while the court noted NCERT’s statement lacked an explicit apology.
- NCERT said the inclusion was unintentional, halted distribution, withdrew the e-version, began an internal review, and plans to rewrite the chapter for future release.
- Media reports said NCERT started retrieving distributed copies after the suo motu case was registered, as the bench listed the matter for further hearing.