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

The petitioner said that post-May 15, there has been a quantum increase in clips of selectively edited judicial proceedings.NEW DELHI: Three months after CJI Surya Kant's 'cockroach' remark sparked a storm and gave birth to Cockroach Janta Party that led a Gen Z protest against NEET-UG paper leak, Supreme Court Tuesday sought responses from govt and CBI on a PIL seeking action against those who commercially exploited the remark through clever editing of virtual court proceedings and draped it with a meaning that was never intended.During a half-an-hour long debate on the issue before a bench comprising CJI Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana, petitioner-cum-advocate Raja Choudhary said it requires a deeper investigation as to how the word 'cockroach', used in a completely differ