New Delhi : Attorney General for India R. Venkataramani has granted consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to throw a shoe at Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai during a hearing inside the Supreme Court.

AG R Venkataramani gives consent for criminal contempt proceedings

The development was brought to the court’s notice by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), before a Bench led by Justice Surya Kant. The SCBA informed the court that its Executive Committee had convened immediately after the incident and unanimously condemned the act as “disgraceful”.

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Justice Surya Kant noted that the Chief

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