‘Against violence but don’t regret my action’: Lawyer, who ‘threw shoe at CJI Gavai’, says hurt by SC orders related to Sanatan Dharma

“I was hurt. A PIL was filed in the Chief Justice’s court on September 16. Justice Gavai made fun of it by saying ‘Go pray to the idol to restore its head’.”

Kishore alleged discriminatory approaches by the Supreme Court in cases where a land or a structure is found to be “occupied” by people of a different religion.

“While we see that when there are cases against other religions like Raliways’ land in Haldwani was occupied by a particular community. When an attempt was made to remove this, the Supreme Court put a stay on it three years ago. In Nupur Sharma’s case, the court said, ‘You have ruined the atmosphere’. When there are matters related to the Sanatan dharma, be it Jallikatu or the height of the Dahi Handi, Supreme Court’s orders have hurt me.”

Kishore added that even if the court does not want to provide relief, at least it should not mock it. “It was an injustice that the petition was dismissed. However, I am against violence, but you should think about why a common man who is not affiliated with any group took such a step. It is not that I was under the influence of a substance; it was my reaction to his action. I am not fearful and I have no regrets… I have not done anything, God made me do it.”

“…I was hurt…I was not inebriated, this was my reaction to his action…I am not fearful. I don’t regret what happened,” he said.

Seventy-one-year-old Kishore allegedly threw a shoe at Chief Justice of India B R Gavai during proceedings inside the Supreme Court Monday morning. The police let him go later in the day after the CJI instructed the court’s registrar general not to press charges, sources told The Indian Express.

The Chief Justice, who appeared unruffled, said nothing landed on him or his desk. “I only heard the sound. Maybe it fell on some table or somewhere,” he told this newspaper, adding, “I only heard him say ‘maine Gavai saab ke taraf pheka tha’. Perhaps what he threw landed somewhere else and he was trying to explain.”

In his first reaction to the incident, Justice Gavai told The Indian Express that he asked the lawyer arguing before him to “just ignore it”. “I am not distracted by all this. You also don’t be distracted and proceed further with the case,” he said Monday afternoon, recounting his immediate response to the incident that took place during mentioning hours in Court No. 1.

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