India, May 25 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday urged lawyers not to react "so sentimentally" as the Supreme Court declined urgent hearing on pleas linked to the viral Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement that emerged after his controversial courtroom remarks.

A bench led by CJI Kant, along with Justices Joymalya Bagchi and VM Pancholi, said there was "no such grave urgency" in the matter and the petitions would be examined in due course.

The comments came after advocates mentioned two PILs before the court - one seeking action against alleged commercial use of courtroom observations and another seeking a CBI probe into the activities associated with the satirical Cockroach Janta Party campaign.

When advocate NK Goswami ar...