SRINAGAR : Attorney General R Venkataramani has granted consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai inside the Supreme Court earlier this month, multiple legal news outlets reported on Thursday. Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

The decision, conveyed to a Bench led by Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, followed requests from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Vikas Singh, both of whom urged immediate listing of the contempt case. “Social media has gone berserk,” Singh told the court, warning that online commentary on the 6 October incident was “demeaning the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court”.

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