India, Oct. 7 -- In a bizarre incident, a 71-year-old lawyer attempted to hurl a shoe towards Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai in his courtroom in the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday, prompting the Bar Council of India (BCI) to suspend his licence with immediate effect. The CJI, who remained unfazed during and after the unprecedented incident during the court proceedings, asked the court officials and the security personnel present inside the courtroom to "just ignore" it and to let off the errant lawyer identified as Rakesh Kishore with a warning.
"Don't get distracted by all this. We are not distracted. These things do not affect me," the CJI, who was sitting on the bench with Justice K Vinod Chandran, told lawyers and continued hearin...