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  • Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:27 PM (IST)
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Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday said the attack on Chief Justice of India B R Gavai was not just an attack on him but on the Constitution.

"No words are adequate to condemn the attack on the Honourable Chief Justice of India in the Supreme Court itself. It is an assault not just on him but on our Constitution as well," she said in a statement.

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"Chief Justice Gavai has been very gracious but the nation must stand in solidarity with him unitedly with a deep sense of anguish and outrage," the former Congress president said.

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In a shocking breach of decorum, a 71-year-old lawyer allegedly almost hurled a shoe at CJI Gavai during a court proceeding, but was stopped by the security personnel.

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