“Don’t waste our time and don’t waste your time,” Kant had reportedly told the petitioners. While NALSAR has yet to announce the chief guest for the event, the incumbent chief justice has been delivering the convocation address at the university for the several years. On July 23, 70 students from the outgoing batch of NALSAR sent a representation to the university authorities, The Indian Express reported. The Cockroach Janta Party was launched in response to reports of remarks by Kant comparing some unemployed youngsters to “cockroaches”. The chief justice had claimed that he had been misquoted by sections of the media and that it was baseless to say that he criticised young people in general.