NEW DELHI: CJI B R Gavai Thursday said he and Justice K Vinod Chandran were "very shocked" when a lawyer attempted to hurl a shoe at him on Oct 6, but the issue is a "forgotten chapter". In an act that elicited all-around condemnation, a 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, tried to hurl his shoe at the CJI in court on Monday. The CJI made the observation while hearing pleas seeking review the Vanashakti judgement, which prohibited central govt from granting retrospective or ex post facto environmental clearances to projects found violating environmental norms. Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who was sharing the bench, differed with the action being taken against the errant lawyer. "I have my own views on this, he is the CJI, it is not a matter of joke," he said, adding that the attack was "an

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