According to officials, the Union Ministry of Education wrote to the ministries of electronics, information, and broadcasting on Thursday, requesting that they halt the spread of a contentious NCERT textbook via electronic media and digital platforms.   The directive follows the Supreme Court's Thursday "complete blanket ban" on the publication, reprinting, and digital distribution of NCERT's Class 8 social science book due to its "offending" content on judicial corruption, stating that "a gunshot has been fired and the institution is bleeding."

"While removal of physical textbooks and stoppage of their re-printing is being done by the NCERT and allied agencies, their dissemination through digital platforms and electronic media has to be stopped by the competent authorities – the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting," the letter stated.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan earlier in the day expressed his distress over the National Council of Educational Research and Training's (NCERT) inclusion of a chapter on judicial corruption in its Class 8 textbook. He pledged to address accountability and take action against those responsible for writing the contentious section.
On the same day that Pradhan made his comments, the Supreme Court noted that there seemed to be a "well-orchestrated conspiracy" to disparage the judiciary.

It ordered the seizure of all physical and digital copies of the Class 8 NCERT book and put a "complete blanket ban" on it.
According to the NCERT's Class 8 social science textbook, the judicial system faces several difficulties, including a significant backlog of cases, corruption, and a shortage of judges.
NCERT removed the textbook from its website after the Supreme Court made it clear that "anyone on Earth" would not be permitted to compromise the integrity of the judiciary. According to reports, the government was incensed about the contentious references in the book.Following the Supreme Court's outcry over the chapter, the NCERT apologized on Wednesday for the "inappropriate content" and said that the book would be revised in conjunction with the relevant authorities.