The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has terminated the temporary membership of advocate Rakesh Kishore, who tried to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gavai in the courtroom on October 6.

The SCBA also revoked his entry card and barred him from entering the Supreme Court premises.

The Association said, “Such reprehensible, disorderly, and intemperate behaviour is utterly unbecoming of an officer of the court and constitutes a serious breach of professional ethics, decorum, and the dignity of the Supreme Court.”

It said Kishore’s “reprehensible, disorderly and intemperate behaviour” amounted to “a direct assault on judicial independence” and a serious breach of professional ethics and decorum.

“The Executive Committee finds that the said conduct amounts to a direct assault o

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