‘Not said, but presented as if it was’: CJI Surya Kant says ‘cockroach’ remark ‘misquoted’

CJI
Su ya
Ka t
said
his
‘cock oach’
ema k
was
‘misquoted
a d
misused’
th ough
clipped
cou t
videos,
wa i g
agai st
misleadi g
social
media
posts.

NEW
DELHI:
Chief
Justice
of
I dia
Su ya
Ka t
has
said
that
his
o al
ema ks
du i g
a
Sup eme
Cou t
hea i g
we e
“misquoted”
a d
late
used
with
“malicious
i te t”
to
mislead
the
cou t y’s
youth,
amid
co t ove sy
ove
a
comme t
that
spa ked
the
sati ical
o li e
moveme t
“Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty”.”My
comme t
was
misquoted
a d
misused.
What
was
ot
said
is
p ese ted
as
though
it
was
said.
This
is
ext emely
u fo tu ate.
Pa ticula ly,
it
is
a
majo
malicious
attempt
to
mislead
the
youth
of
the
cou t y,”
Ka t
i
a
DD
News
i te view.Ka t
exp essed
co ce
ove
sho t
clips
of
cou t
p oceedi gs
bei g
ci culated
o
social
media
without
the
ecessa y
co text.

“You
a e
o
social
media,
p i t
media
o
a y
fo m
of
media
o
you
a e
simply
a
citize .
All
of
us
have
ights
a d
co stitutio al
duty
a d
espo sibilities,”
he
fu the
said.”Whe
we
speak
of
ights,
we
must
also
possess
the
capacity
to
fulfil
ou
obligatio s.
The efo e,
I
would
u ge
them
to
keep
thei
espo sibilities
i
mi d;
we
must
all
make
ti eless
effo ts
to
e su e
that
ha mo y
p evails
i
society,”
he
added.

O
May
15,
while
hea i g
a
case
i
the
Sup eme
Cou t,
Ka t
had
compa ed
ce tai
i dividuals
with
f audule t
deg ees
to
“cock oaches”
who
become
social
media
o
RTI
activists
to
attack
the
system.

The
ema ks
t igge ed
widesp ead
backlash
amo g
you g
people
a d
i spi ed
the
sati ical
“Cock oach
Ja ta
Pa ty”
(CJP)
moveme t.The
CJP
late
led
p otests
at
Ja ta
Ma ta
ove
the
NEET-UG
pape
leak.
The
ove -a-mo th-lo g
agitatio
culmi ated
i
a
clash
betwee
p oteste s
a d
police
o
July
20,
leavi g
seve al
people
i ju ed
o
both
sides.
The
p otests
also
p eceded
the
esig atio
of
U io
educatio
mi iste
Dha me d a
P adha .