Published on : 09 Oct 2025, 11:12 am 2 min read

Supreme Court Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Thursday condemned a lawyer's recent attempt to hurl a shoe at the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai as an affront to the judicial institution that must never be forgotten.

During a hearing today, CJI Gavai recounted that Justice Vinod Chandran , who sat beside him, was equally shocked when the lawyer, Advocate Rakesh Kishore, attempted to throw a shoe towards the Bench on October 6.

" It's very sad that this has happened ," said Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan , who was addressing the Bench.

" We have forgotten about it," said CJI Gavai, in a lighter vein.

Justice Bhuyan, however, disagreed with CJI Gavai's inclination to let the incident go.

" I have my own views on

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