New Delhi, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over the growing number of lawyers allegedly holding fake law degrees, and observed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should ideally investigate the issue.

A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, "thousands of fraudulent people wearing black robes with serious doubts about their degrees".

The CJI remarked that he was waiting for an appropriate case to order a CBI investigation into the law degrees of many Delhi advocates, who are posting many things on social media, and the CBI needs to do something.

"I have serious doubts about the genuineness of their law degrees... the things they are posting on Facebook, YouTube, e...