AFTER a 71 year old advocate allegedly threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Monday morning inside the Supreme Court, several lawyers and politicians have called it an attack on the Constitution of India.

The incident occurred around 11.30 am during the proceedings in Court No 1. Advocate Rakesh Kishore took out his shoe and threw it towards the CJI. It did not hit the CJI. He was detained and later released in the evening as the apex court’s registrar general did not press any charges against him…A note recovered from him by the police said…” Sanatan dharma ka apmaan nahi sahega Hindustan .”

Condemning the incident, B G Kolse-Patil, retired judge of the Bombay High Court said the attack on the Chief Justice of India is an attack on the Constitution of India. ”It is a

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