NEW DELHI: CJI BR Gavai Thursday mentioned he and Justice Ok Vinod Chandran had been “very shocked” when a lawyer tried to hurl a shoe at him on Oct 6, however the problem is a “forgotten chapter”.In an act that elicited all-around condemnation, a 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, tried to hurl his shoe on the CJI in court docket on Monday.The CJI made the statement whereas listening to pleas searching for overview the Vanashakti judgment, which prohibited central govt from granting retrospective or ex publish facto environmental clearances to tasks. discovered violating environmental norms.Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, who was sharing the bench, differed with the motion being taken towards the errant lawyer. “I’ve my very own views on this, he’s the CJI, it’s not a matter of joke,” he mentioned, including that the assault was “an affront to the Supreme Court docket” and due motion ought to have been taken.Katju: CJI invited shoe-throwing by making unwarranted remarksSolicitor basic Tushar Mehta termed the act unpardonable whereas hailing the CJI for magnanimity and “majesty.”Former Supreme Court docket decide Markandey Katju mentioned that CJI BR Gavai had invited the show-throwing incident by making unwarranted remarks. Justice Katju was referring to the CJI’s purported remarks about Lord Vishnu as “inappropriate, and pointless” and noticed on homilies and lectures”.“I condemn the throwing of a shoe on CJI Gavai. However he invited this when whereas listening to a petition praying for restoration of a statue of Lord Vishnu in Khajuraho he commented ‘You say you’re a staunch devotee of Vishnu. Go and ask the deity itself to do one thing. Go and pray’. Such remarks had been completely unwarranted, inappropriate and pointless, having no bearing on the authorized points concerned within the case,” the outspoken former decide mentioned.The CJI had claimed that his purported feedback on Lord Vishnu had been quoted out of context.Justice Katju additional noticed that such feedback are by no means made towards the minority group.