On Monday, Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai grabbed headlines after a lawyer attempted to hurl a shoe at him inside courtroom. CJI Gavai remained calm and continued the hearing, saying: "Don't get distracted by all this. These things do not affect me. Continue with the hearing." The incident came weeks after CJI Gavai's controversial remarks on a Hindu deity idol during the hearing of a plea sparked a massive row. Gavai had been sworn-in as the 52nd CJI in May this year. Let us tell you more about him.

How has CJI Gavai's career been like?

Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, born in November 1960 in Maharashtra's Amravati, began his legal career in 1985 and started independent practice at the Bombay High Court in 1987. Mainly focused on constitutional and administrative law, Justice Gavai was

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