Union Minister Ramdas Athawale Demands SC/ST Act Case After Shoe Attack on CJI Bhushan Gavai

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has demanded strict action under the SC/ST Act against the 71-year-old man who tried to throw a shoe at Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai. The minister said the attack was caste-motivated, as Gavai belongs to the Dalit community.

‘Courts Are Not Meant to Propagate Religious Ideas’: Mukul Rohatgi Condemns Lawyer’s Shoe Attack on CJI Gavai

Former Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi condemned the shocking incident where a lawyer threw a shoe at Chief Justice BR Gavai, calling it “gross criminal contempt” and stressing that courts must remain free from religious or political influence.