NEW DELHI: The Bar Council of India on Monday suspended advocate Rakesh Kishore from practising in any court with immediate effect, after he allegedly attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai during proceedings in the Supreme Court . The incident took place around 11.35 am, when the 71-year-old lawyer, identified as a resident of Mayur Vihar in Delhi, removed his sports shoes and tried to throw them towards the Bench presided over by the CJI. Also read: Lawyer tries to hurl shoe towards CJI in SC; how he reacted Issuing an interim suspension order, BCI chairperson and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra said the lawyer’s conduct was “prima facie inconsistent with the dignity of the court” and violated professional ethics under the Advocates Act, 1961. “On

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