New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The Supreme Court today declined to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who allegedly attempted to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai during a hearing in the Vishnu Idol case on October 6.
However, the Court expressed serious concern over the growing trend of glorifying such acts on social media. A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a plea filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking contempt action against the advocate and a John Doe order to curb online glorification of the incident.
Appearing for the SCBA, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh stated that the association had initially refrained from pursuing t...