PM Modi calls CJI after attack in Supreme Court, says incident has ‘angered all Indians’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dialled Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice B.R. Gavai following a convulsive incident aimed astatine that second astatine the Supreme Court premises connected Monday (October 6, 2025), condemning the onslaught and appreciating the calm displayed by CJI Gavai.

Posting connected micro-blogging tract X, Mr. Modi said the onslaught connected CJI Gavai had “angered each Indian”.

“Spoke to Chief Justice of India Justice B.R. Gavai ji. The onslaught connected him earlier contiguous successful the Supreme Court premises has angered each Indian. There is nary spot for specified reprehensible acts successful our society. It is utterly condemnable. I appreciated the calm displayed by Justice Gavai successful the look of specified a situation. It highlights his committedness to the values of justness and strengthening the tone of our Constitution,” helium posted.

The Prime Minister’s telephone and station travel aft Justice Gavai was attacked by a lawyer who threw what looked similar a sheaf of papers astatine the Supreme Court justice during a proceeding of a case. After an archetypal acknowledgement of astonishment astatine the attack, Justice Gavai asked counsels presenting their lawsuit to transportation connected with the job. “Do not wage attraction to specified things. Please transportation on... If we are not perturbed, wherefore are you? Just ignore,” the CJI told the distracted lawyers contiguous successful the tribunal room.

The idiosyncratic who carried retired the onslaught identified arsenic advocator Rakesh Kishore, raised slogans astir “Sanatan” portion being escorted retired of the tribunal country by information personnel. The CJI’s caller remarks astir a Vishnu idol successful Khajuraho had raised a controversy. After incessant societal media outrage for astir 2 days thereafter, Chief Justice Gavai had explained successful unfastened tribunal that helium believed successful each faiths and “true secularism”.

There was wide condemnation of the onslaught connected CJI Gavai, with Opposition leaders similar Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge taking retired condemnatory statements.