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New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI), Justice Surya Kant’s remarks on Friday (May 15) when he hit out at unemployed youth in the country comparing them with cockroaches, and suggesting they become media and social media activists critical of the system, has drawn criticism, with activists, lawyers, journalists and even members of parliament questioning the CJI’s language that goes against the spirit of democracy.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha in a post on X said that not only is the CJI’s language concerning but that it comes from the chief justice of a constitutional democracy.

“The concern is not just the choice of words, but the attitude reflected in these comments. When the Chief Justice of a constitutional democracy compares unemployed youth, RTI activists, media workers, and dissenters to ‘cockroaches’ and ‘parasites’ it is not merely a matter of personal resentment; it offends the very spirit of democracy and its fundamental constitutional culture,” he wrote.

Jha said that the “moral authority of a constitutional office derives not merely from its powers, but from the restraint, sensitivity, and constitutional morality it........

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