India, Oct. 6 -- Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has condemned incident in the Supreme Court on Monday wherein a lawyer tried to attack the Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai, by hurling a shoe at him.

"No words are adequate to condemn the attack on the Honourable Chief Justice of India in the Supreme Court itself. It is an assault not just on him but on our Constitution as well. Chief Justice Gavai has been very gracious but the nation must stand in solidarity with him unitedly with a deep sense of anguish and outrage," Sonia Gandhi's statement read.

The shocking statement comes after 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, allegedly almost hurled a shoe at CJI Gavai during a court proceeding, but was stopped by the sec...