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The current CJI and the Indian judiciary have been the topic of discussion after their comments about a section in an NCERT textbook for Class 8 students went viral.
What Did The Influencer Post?
On February 25, 2026, content creator Amit Kumar Kilhor posted about the Supreme Court initiating a suo moto case against a section of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)’s class 8 Social Science textbook.
The section in question is about “corruption in the judiciary” under the chapter “The role of the judiciary in our society.” In his video, he brought up how Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal was the one to bring up the matter in front of a Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and the comments made by the CJI.
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Sibal claimed that members of the legal fraternity were “deeply disturbed” about schoolchildren learning about corruption in the judiciary and how it was “entirely scandalous”.
To this, the current CJI Surya Kant, said “This is definitely concerning the entire institution. The Bar and the Bench are perturbed. Every stakeholder in the system is really disturbed. All HC judges are perturbed” and how he will “take up the matter suo moto and not allow anyone to “taint the integrity of the institution and defame the institution”.
According to Bar and Bench, the CJI observed that “It seems to us that there is a calculated move to undermine the institutional authority and demean the dignity of the judiciary. If allowed to go unchecked, this will erode the sanctity of judicial office in the estimation of the public at large and within the impressionable minds of youth.”
He further commented how “It is my duty to find out who is responsible; heads must roll,” and that this seemed to be a “deep-rooted, well-planned conspiracy” to defame the judiciary and weaken its institutional authority.
To this, Amit, the content creator in his video, brought up the fact about how the CJI has not been able to decide on a habeas corpus for the past five months, and yet a basic chapter in an NCERT book has led to a suo moto cognisance.
Kilhor, in his video, also said, “Chief Justice ji, judiciary corruption happens, where else? Nepotism is present most in the judiciary. If we set aside bureaucracy, then the judiciary has the most corruption. This chapter is not anything special. This is not defaming the institution, sir; this only increases accountability.”
He further said, addressing the CJI, “If you want the honour of your institution to remain intact, then just launch some investigation into the judge who was caught in Delhi with the cash, whom you transferred to Allahabad. What will be achieved by deleting a chapter from Class 8 students’ textbook?”
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In another video posted on February 26, 2026, Amit brought up the 2019 report by The Caravan, about Surya Kant, then chief justice of Himachal Pradesh, who was going to get promoted to the Supreme Court despite facing allegations of corruption and tax evasion.
According to the Caravan report, Kant was accused of grave misconduct on at least two accounts. The report mentioned a 2012 incident involving a real-estate agent and how they “accused the judge of having participated in illegal property dealings involving undervaluation and cash transactions worth several crores.”
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According to the report, Satish Kumar Jain, a Chandigarh-based business wrote “a letter to SH Kapadia, then the CJI, accusing Kant of non-payment of dues and tax evasion on a sum of Rs 7.63 crore.”
When the SC demanded that his complaint would not be entertained unless supported by verifiable material and Affidavit, Jain filed all the necessary documents and information, mentioning how Kant approached him to renovate three properties in Punjab and Haryana, costing about Rs. 19 lakh, however, his payment was never made and even after his August complaint Jain was paid only Rs. 6 lakh and not the full amount.
In his video, Kilhor, also brought up the allegations by Jain about how Kant would operate as a property dealer, mentioning three properties and how “Surya Kant ji would show the deed value of the farm house on Nahan Road in Kumarhatti, at Rs. 13 lakh but sell it at Actual Value of Rs. 2.32 crore, taking the balance amount in cash to save money, to escape tax. Similarly, a property he sold in Greater Kailash, Delhi, the deed value was shown as Rs. 1.5 crore, however, he took Rs. 3.5 crore in final sale, meaning Rs. 2 crore was taken in cash.”
Another was a 2017 incident with a prisoner named Surjit Singh in Punjab filing “a complaint listing eight cases heard by Kant, and alleged that the judge had accepted bribes to grant bail in these.”
Singh, who was a prisoner in a maximum-security jail in Patiala, Punjab, accused the judge of corruption. In his complaint, as per the Caravan report, he alleged that Kant was “accepting bribes for granting bail in cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, and accused the judge’s brother, nephew and two lawyers of acting as ‘touts’ for the judge.”
Amit, in his video, said, “Between October 2015 and February 2017, the bail for 8 suspicious cases was given after bribing the judge. These are the allegations that Surjit Singh placed on Surya Kant.”
The report brought up how “Kant remained a judge at the Punjab and Haryana High Court till October 2018”, even getting elevated to the position of chief justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court despite these complaints being filed with the collegium for over six years and remaining unresolved.
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Sources: The Hindu, Bar and Bench, Caravan
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