Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai’s cool countenance to brush aside an object hurled at him while asking rattled lawyers to continue with court proceedings without missing a beat on Monday is reminiscent of an incident when another Chief Justice of India, Justice M. Hidayatullah, used his presence of mind to wrestle a knife-wielding assailant in the same court room 57 years ago to save his fellow judge Justice A.N. Grover’s life.

The incident happened on March 13, 1968, when a three-judge Bench headed by CJI Hidayatullah was delivering a judgment after hearing a civil appeal.

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Besides Justice Grover, Justice Vaidialingam was also part of the Bench presiding over the sitting at the Chief Justice’s cour

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