Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday used references to insects and parasites as he said jobless young people become social media and Right to Information (RTI) and "attack everyone".
The comments came as a bench of CJI Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was pulling up a lawyer who's been seeking Senior Advocate designation. "The entire world may be eligible to become senior (advocate), but at least you are not entitled," the bench told the petitioner, represented by lawyer Sanjay Dubey, as per news agency ANI.
CJI on ‘parasites in society’
The CJI, visibly angry, noted that even if the Delhi High Court were to now confer Senior Advocate designation upon the lawyer, the SC would set that aside. The CJI also referred to language used by the petitioner's lawyer on Facebook; (specific detail on the posts was not readily available).
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