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Chief Justice Surya Kant Warns Courts Won’t Ignore Repression

By Drooid · Sep 27, 2026, 10:35 AM UTC · How we work

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Chief Justice Surya Kant affirmed the judiciary will protect students’ right to peaceful protest.
He warned courts will not ignore police repression of student demonstrations.
Kant cited the Sarika Tyagi case to support a Young Lawyers’ Professional Assistance Fund.
He said rising law school fees will be addressed.
Kant welcomed Vice-Chancellor Faizan Mustafa’s plan for a four-year law degree with a court apprenticeship.

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Justice Kant Urges Action

Justice Surya Kant called child drug abuse a child-protection crisis at the ‘Childhood Beyond Drugs’ event in Patna.
A Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia study (August 2026) found one-in-five Indian teens face moderate-to-high substance-use risk.
Kant urged judiciary, government, police, health, education, child-care, legal services, academia and civil society to act jointly.
Kant warned stigma hampers rehabilitation and called for firm legal action against child drug traffickers.

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Story summary

Chief Justice Surya Kant affirmed the judiciary will protect students’ right to peaceful protest.
He warned courts will not ignore police repression of student demonstrations.
Kant cited the Sarika Tyagi case to support a Young Lawyers’ Professional Assistance Fund.
He said rising law school fees will be addressed.
Kant welcomed Vice-Chancellor Faizan Mustafa’s plan for a four-year law degree with a court apprenticeship.

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