Chief Justice of India BR Gavai on Wednesday briefly addressed the incident in which an advocate t ried to hurl a shoe at him in the Supreme Court earlier this week, describing it as a “forgotten chapter.”

Speaking during a courtroom exchange, the CJI said, “My learned brother and I were very shocked with what happened on Monday… for us it is a forgotten chapter.”

The remarks came amid a discussion that also involved Senior Advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who recalled a similar incident from a decade ago. “I also wrote an article on this.. something similar happened 10 years ago in the neighbouring court. The two judges there had taken a different view on what procedure should be followed while invoking contempt powers,” he said.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who was also part of the bench,

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