India, Dec. 9 -- Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who had hurled a shoe at then Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai in Supreme Court in October, was thrashed by a group of men at Karkardooma court on Tuesday morning.

A video of the incident surfaced on social media showed the men attacking Kishore, chanting slogans and pushing him. Kishore, who's in his 70s, was seen trying to avoid them.

Kishore told HT that he was attacked by "opposition" members who had earlier threatened him when he had hurled a shoe at Gavai.

"The attacker was a young advocate, who came at me with his slippers. I had gone to court in the morning with a friend to hand over a case. They hurt me. So, I left. They told me they were attacking me because I had previously hur...