A lawyer attempted to hurl his shoe at Chief Justice of India BR Gavai. The elderly lawyer was thwarted mid-act. The act was unprecedented, a shocking recourse to violence that has no place in a democracy. The CJI has decided not to take action, even though the lawyer remains unapologetic.

The lawyer, who goes by the name of Dr Rakesh Kishore, says he was triggered by the CJI’s oral observations during a hearing a few weeks ago. The CJI chided a petitioner, asking him to “go and ask the deity itself to do something," adding, “You say you are a staunch devotee of Lord Vishnu." The CJI was clearly upset that the petitioner had the temerity to approach the top court, hoping that it would intervene and order the Archaeological Survey of India to restore a mutilated statue of Lord Vishnu. The petitioner had claimed that his religious rights were violated, as he was forced to pray to the defaced statue placed in a temple that was part of the........

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