Voicing concern over the circulation of clips of court proceedings on social media without adequate context, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said that his oral remarks were “misquoted” and misused with “malicious intent” to mislead the youth of the country.
The protests resulted in the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union education minister. “We are committed to bringing transparency into the judiciary. There should be transparency. As a further step in this direction, we started live streaming in the Supreme Court.
The over-a-month-long CJP-led protests at the Jantar Mantar against the NEET-UG paper leak led to a clash between the agitators and police on July 20, which left several individuals from both sides injured.
“You are on social media, print media or any form of media or you are simply a citizen. All of us have rights and constitutional duty and responsibilities. “When we speak of rights, we must also possess the capacity to fulfil our obligations.
Therefore, I would urge them to keep their responsibilities in mind; we must all make tireless efforts to ensure that harmony prevails in society,” he said.
On May 15, 2026, the CJI, while hearing a case in the Supreme Court, had compared certain individuals with fraudulent degrees to “cockroaches” who become social media or RTI activists to attack the system. In an interview with DD News, the CJI said clips of court proceedings are being circulated nowadays on social media without adequate context.
