Overview

• The disruption occurred in Court No. 1 during case mentions, and Chief Justice B. R. Gavai told lawyers to continue, saying the incident did not affect him.
• Delhi Police identified the accused as 71-year-old advocate Rakesh Kishore of Mayur Vihar, a registered Supreme Court Bar Association member, and took him into custody.
• As he was escorted out, witnesses heard the slogan “Sanatan ka apman nahi sahenge,” and reports connected the act to criticism of remarks the CJI made in last month’s Khajuraho idol case.
• The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association condemned the conduct and urged suo motu contempt proceedings, while the SCBA signalled it would move to revoke the lawyer’s membership.
• Investigators are coordinating with the Supreme Court registrar on legal steps, and accounts differed on the object hurled, with police citing a shoe and some reports mentioning papers.