The shoe hurling incident has shocked the Indian judiciary. The incident involved a 71-year-old Advocate Rakesh Kishore, who attempted to throw a shoe at CJI inside the courthall at Supreme Court attempting to disrupt court proceedings. Despite the disruption, the Chief Justice remained composed, instructing courtroom staff to ignore the incident continuing with proceedings, but that cannot make us take the incident lightly. An attempt to attack the Chief Justice in the highest institution of justice is not merely an assault on the judiciary, but a grave insult to our democracy. Recently a religious orator named Aniruddhacharya aka Aniruddh Ram Tiwari and YouTuber Ajeet Bharti had also made provocative remarks against the CJI that had went viral on social media. Such behaviour is unprecedented in the history of Supreme Court. An attack on CJI is an attack on rule of law. These behaviours threaten the foundation of democracy itself that the intolerance in our country has reached its highest levels. It reflects a deliberate attempt to erode public confidence in the judiciary. The polarisation being spread in our country now refuses to respect even the highest constitutional institutions.
