3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Oct 7, 2025 03:27 AM IST
Kishore (right), who lives in Mayur Vihar Phase 1, has been debarred by the BCI from appearing, acting, pleading or practising in any court, tribunal or authority in India. (File Photo)
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has ordered the suspension of 71-year-old advocate Rakesh Kishore from legal practice after he allegedly threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) B R Gavai inside the Supreme Court on Monday morning.
“On the basis of prima facie material, it appears that at 11.35 am… in court No. 1 of the Supreme Court of India, you i.e. Advocate Rakesh Kishore, enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi… removed your sports shoes and attempted to hurl them towards the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India during ongoing proceedings, whereupon you were detained by security. The conduct is, on the face of the record, inconsistent with… rules and the dignity of the court,” read the order signed by BCI chairman and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra.
“In view of the foregoing, you, i.e. Advocate Rakesh Kishore, is suspended from practice with immediate effect,” it said.
He was also barred by the BCI from appearing, pleading or practising in any court, tribunal or authority in India. A show cause notice has been issued to him to explain why the action should not be continued. The BCI also stated that disciplinary proceedings will be initiated against him.
The lawyer did not respond to multiple requests from The Indian Express for comment.
Born on September 10, 1954, Kishore enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) in 2009 at the age of 55. He lives in Mayur Vihar Phase 1.
He had filed at least two petitions during his tenure, The Indian Express found.
One was a contempt petition filed in August 2021 before the Delhi Cooperative Tribunal by Kishore, the then president of Riverview Apartments in Mayur Vihar Phase 1, against the society’s ex-president and ex-secretary. This case was related to an order passed by the Tribunal about the use of garbage chutes. The petition was dismissed by the Tribunal in June 2022 and was called “time-barred”.
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Another writ petition was filed by Kishore in the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the Registrar, Cooperative Societies, Delhi to initiate action in a case of “mismanagement” of a multi-storey complex. Kishore alleged that the complex didn’t have a fire safety certificate from 2004 to 2021.
Residents of the society where he lives told The Indian Express that Kishore became the president of the society six years ago and that recent elections haven’t been held. They claimed they had filed multiple complaints against him — one was related to the alleged assault of a senior citizen in November 2021. However, according to the Delhi Police, Kishore had no criminal antecedents.
Following three hours of questioning, the Delhi Police allowed Kishore to go after the apex court’s registrar general refused to press charges against him.
Nirbhay Thakur is a Senior Correspondent with The Indian Express who primarily covers district courts in Delhi and has reported on the trials of many high-profile cases since 2023.
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2) For decades, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been at the forefront of the Government’s national rankings, placed at No. 2 over the past two years alone. It has also been the crucible of campus activism, its protests often spilling into national debates, its student leaders going on to become the faces and voices of political parties of all hues and thoughts. The Indian Express looked at all court cases spanning over two decades and did an investigation.
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