Advocate who hurled shoe at CJI in Oct heckled, hit in court
New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The advocate who hurled a shoe at former chief justice of India Bhushan R Gavai in the Supreme Court two months ago was allegedly heckled and manhandled by a group of lawyers at Karkardooma Court on Tuesday morning, police said.
A video circulated on social media shows several men confronting advocate Rakesh Kishore, pushing him and attempting to hit him with what appears to be a piece of footwear before others intervened. Kishore, who is in his 70s, is seen trying to fend them off.
Kishore told HT that he was targeted by "opposition" members who had earlier threatened him after the Supreme Court incident. "The attacker was a young advocate who came at me with his sandal. I had gone to court with a friend to hand over ...
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