‘CJP twisted CJI remark’: SC seeks govt, CBI response on PIL

The
petitio e
said
that
post-May
15,
the e
has
bee
a
qua tum
i c ease
i
clips
of
selectively
edited
judicial
p oceedi gs.

NEW
DELHI:
Th ee
mo ths
afte
CJI
Su ya
Ka t’s
‘cock oach’
ema k
spa ked
a
sto m
a d
gave
bi th
to
Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty
that
led
a
Ge
Z
p otest
agai st
NEET-UG
pape
leak,
Sup eme
Cou t
Tuesday
sought
espo ses
f om
govt
a d
CBI
o
a
PIL
seeki g
actio
agai st
those
who
comme cially
exploited
the
ema k
th ough
cleve
editi g
of
vi tual
cou t
p oceedi gs
a d
d aped
it
with
a
mea i g
that
was
eve
i te ded.Du i g
a
half-a -hou
lo g
debate
o
the
issue
befo e
a
be ch
comp isi g
CJI
Ka t
a d
Justices
Joymalya
Bagchi
a d
V
Moha a,
petitio e -cum-advocate
Raja
Choudha y
said
it
equi es
a
deepe
i vestigatio
as
to
how
the
wo d
‘cock oach’,
used
i
a
completely
diffe e t
co text
du i g
judicial
p oceedi gs
o
May
15,
was
selectively
picked,
cleve ly
edited
a d
comme cially
exploited
to
u de mi e
judicial
dig ity
a d
hu t
i stitutio al
i teg ity.
The
petitio e
sought
a
di ectio
to
autho ities
“to
exami e
a d
take
actio
i
acco da ce
with
law
agai st
pe so s/e tities
allegedly
i volved
i
comme cial
exploitatio ,
t adema k
app op iatio ,
mo etized
ci culatio ,
o
u autho ised
comme cial
use
of
o al
cou t oom
obse vatio s/metapho s,
i cludi g
activities
of
CJP,
while
ecog isi g
that
fai
c iticism,
democ atic
disse t,
sati e,
a d
f ee
speech
emai
pe missible
withi
the
co stitutio al
f amewo k
without
u de mi i g
i stitutio al
dig ity”.

Refe i g
to
the
May
15
hea i g
befo e
a
CJI-led
be ch
o
a
petitio
‘Sa jay
Dubey
Vs
Regist a
Ge e al
of
Delhi
HC’,
Choudha y
emphasised
the
CJI
had
made
the
“cock oach”
ema k
i
the
specific
co text
of
fake
advocates,
as
he
exp essed
“co ce s
ega di g
misuse
of
cou t
p ocess,
dete io atio
of
p ofessio al
sta da ds
a d
how
it
impacted
the
i stitutio
itself”.He
said
post-May
15,
the e
has
bee
a
qua tum
i c ease
i
clips
of
selectively
edited
judicial
p oceedi gs.
The
disto ted
ve sio s
a d
o al
obse vatio s
made
du i g
cou t
p oceedi gs
a e
tu ed
i to
memes
a d
a e
ci culated
i
social
media
fo
p ofit,
said
Chaudha y.He
complai ed
the e
is
o
mecha ism
agai st
these
si iste
desig s
aimed
at
dimi ishi g
public
faith
i
the
i stitutio
a d
judges
by
showi g
them
i
poo
light.