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Union Minister Ramdas Athawale connected Thursday (October 9, 2025) demanded that a lawsuit nether the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act beryllium registered against the man who tried to propulsion a footwear astatine Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai.
The incidental took spot due to the fact that immoderate radical from the precocious caste assemblage could not travel to presumption with the information that Justice Gavai, who is from the Dalit community, has risen to specified a precocious position, helium said.
Speaking astatine a property league here, Mr. Athawale, a salient Dalit person and Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said the incidental was condemnable.
"Such benignant of an onslaught connected the CJI has happened for the archetypal time. Bhushan Gavai is from Dalit assemblage and helium has achieved his presumption connected his ain (merit)," the Minister said, adding that immoderate precocious caste assemblage members could not digest this fact.
"I request that the accused beryllium booked nether the SC /ST Act, since Justice Gavai was attacked due to the fact that helium is simply a Dalit. No CJI was attacked earlier this," Mr. Athawale added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the incidental and besides spoke to the CJI aft the episode, Mr. Athawale noted.
In an unprecedented and shocking incident, a 71-year-old lawyer, Rakesh Kishore, took his footwear successful his manus and tried to hurl it astatine the CJI connected Monday.
