AG Okays Contempt Action Against Lawyer In Shoe-Throwing Case

2025-10-16 03:09:52

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer)
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New Delhi – The Attorney General has granted consent for initiating contempt action against an advocate, who had hurled a shoe towards Chief Justice of India B R Gavai, the Supreme Court was on Thursday informed.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi was requested by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) chief and senior advocate Vikas Singh that the contempt case be heard against advocate Rakesh Kishore, who hurled a shoe at the CJI.

Singh said social media has gone“berserk” over the incident that took place on October 6 and was demeaning the institutional integrity and dignity.

Mehta and Singh urged the court to pass a restraining order on social media, saying all kinds of demeaning comments are being made.

The bench said the fundamental right of speech and expression is not absolute and cannot be at the cost of the integrity and dignity of others.

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