CJP Discredits Institutions When Verdicts Don’t Suit It: Jethmalani

• Mahesh Jethmalani hit out at CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das over his response to a Supreme Court order.
• Das had termed conditions imposed by the apex court “unacceptable”, saying they differed from the Centre’s assurances.
• Jethmalani questioned whether CJP respects institutions only when decisions suit its politics.
• His post also revived allegations surrounding the movement and its leadership.

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 1st Aug: BJP Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani has launched a sharp attack on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) chief spokesperson Saurav Das over his public criticism of conditions laid down by the Supreme Court in connection with the recent student protests.

Jethmalani questioned whether the CJP-led movement respects Indian institutions only when their decisions align with its political position, arguing that institutions cannot be applauded when favourable and discredited when their decisions go against a group.

“The Supreme Court delivers an order. Cockroach Saurav Das dismisses it in public,” Jethmalani wrote in a post on X, before adding that the issue was not whether Das had the right to disagree with the court, but whether the movement applied consistent standards to institutions.

His remarks came after Das publicly objected to conditions in a Supreme Court order relating to the recent protests. Das said the conditions were “unacceptable” and differed from the Centre’s earlier commitment to withdraw FIRs against protesters and release those detained.

Das had maintained that the government should first fulfil the assurances allegedly made to the CJP before expecting compliance with the conditions laid down by the court. He also warned that the group could return to protest if those commitments were not honoured.

Jethmalani also used his post to raise broader questions about the people shaping the CJP movement, referring to Das’s past political positions and making allegations concerning foreign-funded grants.

The issue of alleged foreign funding connected to the CJP protests has separately generated political controversy. The Delhi High Court recently declined to entertain a petition seeking an NIA investigation into allegations of foreign funding and violence linked to the CJP-led July 20 march to Parliament.

The Ministry of External Affairs also recently described viral social media posts claiming that it had ruled out foreign funding for CJP as “misleading”, saying they misrepresented the spokesperson’s actual remarks.

Jethmalani argued that the public deserved greater scrutiny of those shaping such movements, their positions and whether they applied the same standards when judicial decisions went against them.