Attack on CJI BR Gavai ‘direct threat to constitutional morality’, say rights groups

Civil rights organisations on Thursday condemned the recent attempted attack on Chief Justice BR Gavai, describing the incident as “ a direct threat to constitutional morality and social harmony”, The Hindu reported.

Three organisations – Civil Rights Initiative Internationale, Samooha Secular Writers Forum and the National Justice Political Front-India – in a press conference at the Press Club in Hyderabad said that lawyer Rakesh Kishore attempting to allegedly throw a shoe at Gavai was an incident of “national shame”.

The organisations alleged that the incident highlighted the rise of religious extremism in the country.

The Samooha Secular Writers Forum deemed the attack to be a sign of “manuvadi extremism”.

The Manusmriti is a Hindu legal text authored by a medieval ascetic na