Kamaltai Gavai, the mother of Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, has condemned the shoe-hurling incident inside the Supreme Court on Monday. The 84-year0old activist called the incident an ‘assault on the Constitution’ and an attempt to create “anarchy in the country”.

This is the first public response from the CJI’s mother since the attack. The accused advocate tried to hurl the shoe towards the dais during case mentions before a bench headed by the CJI. Security personnel, however, immediately intervened and escorted the man out.

As he was being removed from the courtroom, Kishore shouted, “Sanatan ka apman nahi sahenge” (“We will not tolerate any insult to Sanatan”), apparently referring to remarks made during the hearing of the Khajuraho Vishnu idol restoration case.

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