India, Oct. 10 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai said on Thursday that he and fellow Supreme Court judge K Vinod Chandran were "shocked" when a lawyer attempted to hurl a shoe at the CJI in the courtroom earlier this week but added that he had "forgotten" about the incident.

His comments came even as politics spiked over the dramatic incident that took place inside the CJI's courtroom on Monday. Union minister Ramdas Athawale demanded that the perpetrator, suspended lawyer Rakesh Kishore, be booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as the Opposition alleged government inaction over the issue.

The remarks by CJI Gavai came when it was hearing a review petition seeking recall of a M...