Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai expressed concern over the misrepresentation of judges' oral observations on social media. Chief Justice Gavai recalled how he restricted a fellow judge from making certain observations in open court while hearing a plea.

Expressing concern over the misrepresentation of judges' comments on social media, the chief justice observed "we do not know what will be reported on social media". The chief justice's comments come a day after a senior lawyer attempted to attack him inside the courtroom.

Hearing a plea on Tuesday, Chief Justice Gavai, in a lighter vein, said, "My learned brother Justice K. Vinod Chandran had something to comment, I stopped him from expressing it, when we were hearing the Dheeraj Mor case. Otherwise, on this social media, we do not kno

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