India, June 5 -- A question about alleged hostility to dissent in India was stopped before it could be completed after a London lecture by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, in an exchange between an attendee and the anchor that has since circulated on social media and been re-shared by the online movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP).

The CJI had delivered a lecture on 'Artificial Intelligence and International Law' at Birkbeck College, University of London, during his ongoing visit to the United Kingdom.

In the interactive session that followed, a woman in the audience first referred to his remarks, then turned to the subject of dissent.

"His Lordship made some very important points, I think, about the Indian track record of protectin...