Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Wednesday said the shoe-throwing incident in the Supreme Court earlier this week had “shocked” him, but was now “a forgotten chapter.”

The remarks came as a bench headed by the Chief Justice, and also comprising Justices Ujjal Bhuyan and K Vinod Chandran, heard a batch of pleas seeking review and modification of the court’s May 16, 2025 judgment in Vanashakti vs Union of India, which had struck down the Centre’s notification allowing environmental clearance to projects ex post facto – after they had begun operations.

“My learned brother (Justice Chandran) and I were very shocked with what happened on Monday… for us it is a forgotten chapter,” the CJI said during the hearing.

Justice Bhuyan, however, took a different view on how the accused advocate, R

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