The Supreme Court was on Thursday informed that Attorney General R. Venkataramani had granted consent to initiate criminal contempt of court proceedings against Advocate Rakesh Kishore for throwing a shoe at Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai. However, the bench said it would rather let the incident die a natural death than fuel further social media debates.

A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi said this after Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President and Senior Advocate Vikas Singh and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta urged it to proceed with the criminal contempt.

“I have taken the consent of the Attorney General and I am seeking a listing tomorrow,” Singh said.

The Solicitor General added, “Learned Attorney General has given consent. I would also join my learned frie

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