India, Oct. 20 -- Advocate Rakesh Kishore hurled his shoe at the Chief Justice of India, Mr Gavai. The background was that while delivering his verdict on a PIL filed by the advocate seeking the restoration of the Vishnu idol's head in one of the temples in Khajuraho, Justice Gavai stated that this matter was not a PIL but a personal publicity move. The petitioner should have approached the Archaeological Society of India or should have asked the deity to restore its head.

This comment infuriated Rakesh Kishore. According to him, the lord appeared in his dream and asked him to take action. For him, this was a motivation to throw his shoe at the CJI, who happens to be the second Dalit and first Buddhist to occupy the country's highest leg...