Published on : 16 Oct 2025, 7:05 am 3 min read

Attorney General R Venkataramani has granted his consent to initiate criminal contempt of court action against advocate Rakesh Kishore who attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on October 6.

The same was revealed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday when Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh mentioned the matter before a Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi .

As per Section 15 of the Contempt of Courts Act, the consent of Attorney General (AG) is required before the Supreme Court can hear a criminal contempt of court petition filed by a private party or individual.

In this case, the SCBA had written to AG Venkataramani to grant consent for contempt acti

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