Advocate Rakesh Kishore — the lawyer who had hurled a shoe toward former Chief Justice of India B R Gavai in the Supreme Court — was allegedly assaulted at Karkardooma Court in Delhi on Tuesday. A video of the incident has since gone viral.

Kishore said that a group of unidentified men confronted him and one of them hit him with slippers. According to him, the attackers claimed they were “punishing” him for throwing a shoe at the CJI. He also said the men accused him of targeting Gavai because he is a Dalit, and added that both sides exchanged slogans during the scuffle.

He clarified that he did not suffer injuries and chose not to file a police complaint. Calling it a “family matter,” he said there was no point in complaining against fellow lawyers.

Another lawyer from Karkardooma cour

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