The CJI's restraint and the media’s reckoning
This is the real danger. When outrage turns profitable, civility becomes costly. The judiciary, bound by decorum, cannot compete in that marketplace.
Updated At : 06:28 AM Oct 17, 2025 IST
Faith in law : A man hurling a shoe at the CJI should be a figure of disgrace, not an algorithmic star. ANI
ON a Monday morning, an act of madness breached the quiet dignity of the Supreme Court. A 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, hurled an object at the Chief Justice of India BR Gavai. The projectile missed, but the insult did not. I was in that courtroom. I did not see the act itself, only the sudden stir, the hush that followed, and the CJI's calm voice: "Don't get distracted. We are not distracted. These things do not affect me."
