The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday terminated the membership of advocate Rakesh Kishore after he attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud during proceedings.

The 71-year-old lawyer was also heard shouting, "Sanatan ka apman nahi sahenge" ("We will not tolerate the insult to Sanatan Dharma"), in what the SCBA called an act of “grave misconduct.”

Following the incident, the Bar Council of India also suspended Kishore’s licence with immediate effect.

Describing the incident as a serious security breach and a “direct assault on judicial independence,” the SCBA said Kishore’s behaviour was “reprehensible, disorderly and a gross violation of professional ethics.”

The Executive Committee finds that the said conduct amounts to a direct assault on

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