The Supreme Court Monday said that it is not inclined to initiate contempt action against lawyer Rakesh Kishore, who threw a shoe at Chief Justice B R Gavai, as reported by news agency PTI.

The apex noted also noted that the chief justice himself refused to proceed against him.

The court added that while shouting slogans in court, hurling shoes are clear cases of contempt of court, it depends on the judge concerned whether to initiate a contempt.

Issuing contempt notice will give undue importance to lawyer, let the incident die its own natural death, SC told Supreme Court Bar Association of India.

The top court added that it will consider laying guidelines to prevent such incidents.

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