CJI Surya Kant participated as the keynote speaker in an event at the University of London. In such a situation, there was a heated debate among the people. Some people were trying to ask him questions about the alleged suppression of dissent in India, when the anchor said such a question was off topic.
The CJI delivered a lecture on Artificial Intelligence and International Law at Birkbeck College, University of London. During this time questions were asked and students shouted. give us some respect please The video has surfaced. This video is during the interactive session. This has been shared by CJP Chief Spokesperson Saurav Das.
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What’s in the video?
The conversation in the video that has been shared is very tense. A person attending an event here told the CJI that His Lordship has made many important points about India’s track record in protecting democracy related to AI. Now we are hearing from many legal observers at the national and international level that there is great concern about the increasing hostility towards dissent in India.
London, United Kingdom: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant delivered the inaugural address at the 4th International Conference on “Arbitrating Indo-UK Commercial Disputes: ADR as a Catalyst for Strengthening India-UK Economic Partnership” at Church House Westminster, London. The… pic.twitter.com/qmTAH2CsTf
— IANS (@ians_india) June 5, 2026
He said that it seems that this hostility is visible to some extent in His Lordship’s speech also. It has been publicized very well. On this, the anchor who was conducting the event said that with all respect I regret that I will not be able to raise this question. This topic is related to AI and International Law. Very sorry. I am very sorry. We have to edit it. CJI Kant is on a six-day UK tour.
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