The Supreme Court's decision to mention judicial corruption in a textbook by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has threatened to turn into a serious case of miscarriage of justice. According to the Supreme Court, the team that prepared the NCERT textbook did not have "reasonable, well-informed information about the Indian judiciary". 

She directed that persons like those on this team should not be involved "in any manner in finalising textbooks or preparing school curriculum for the next generation of this country". This all-encompassing statement has raised doubts about the entire exercise of writing the textbook. 

While insisting on getting chapters on the judiciary approved by independent experts in the field, such as senior judges, before publication, the Supreme Court could have initiated a similar process for other chapters, especially for chapters dealing with history where there is often a smack of bigotry in the misrepresentation of facts.

In the past, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its affiliates have criticized Indian textbooks as being Macaulay-sculpted and creating a "Westernized" mindset that does not consider India's past, its traditions, and Hinduism sacred.