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Lawyer tries to hurl shoe at CJI inside SC
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|October 07, 2025
NEW DELHI: A 71-year-old Delhi-based lawyer attempted to remove his shoe and hurl it at Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai during court proceedings on Monday but the CJI chose not to take any action, directing officials to “just ignore” the incident, even as the Bar Council of India (BCI) suspended the lawyer and Delhi Police detained and questioned him for several hours before letting him go.
According to a person aware of the matter, after security personnel swiftly intervened and escorted the lawyer out of the
This story is from the October 07, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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