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The Supreme Court connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) asked the Centre and the Supreme Court Bar Association to suggest measures to forestall recurrence of incidents similar the onslaught effort targeting erstwhile CJI B.R. Gavai successful the courtroom.
The tribunal besides asked for a modular operating process for the media to study connected specified incidents.
A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, and elder advocator and SCBA President Vikas Singh, to taxable suggestions to it for issuing the guidelines to woody with the issue.
"The solicitor general, Tushar Mehta, and elder advocator and SCBA president jointly authorities that they volition enactment up associated suggestions recommending preventive measures for these kinds of occurrences, and the protocol to beryllium observed for reporting and publicising specified incidents successful future," the CJI said.
The apical tribunal waived disconnected the procedural formality of issuing a announcement to the Centre and said that the contented was non-adversarial successful quality and hence, a communal proposition whitethorn beryllium submitted.
Earlier, the Bench expressed its reluctance successful initiating transgression contempt proceedings against 71-year-old lawyer Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to onslaught the past CJI and said the tribunal would look into immoderate needs to beryllium done.
It asked the SCBA to springiness their suggestions arsenic the tribunal would look to formulate pan-India preventive guidelines.
"Just deliberation of giving three-four suggestions connected however to forestall specified incidents successful places similar tribunal premises and barroom rooms, etc. All of you, delight springiness suggestions.
"Whatever requires to beryllium done, we volition spot connected the adjacent date. We volition petition the lawyer wide besides to springiness his suggestions successful this regard," Justice Kant said connected November 12.
The Bench was proceeding a plea of the SCBA seeking contempt enactment against advocator Kishore, who attempted to onslaught the ex-CJI Gavai connected October 6 during tribunal proceedings.
Mr. Kishore's enactment prompted the Bar Council of India (BCI) to suspend his licence with contiguous effect.
CJI Gavai, who remained unfazed during and aft the unprecedented incident, asked the tribunal officials and the information unit contiguous wrong the courtroom to "just ignore" it and to fto disconnected the errant lawyer with a warning.
The incidental sparked wide condemnation, including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who besides spoke to CJI Gavai.
