00:00Who is Rakesh Kishore and why is he being hailed as a Sanatan hero?
00:13A regular Supreme Court hearing turned into cures when senior advocate Rakesh Kishore allegedly took off his shoe
00:18and hurled it toward Chief Justice of India, B.R. Gawai, inside Court No. 1.
00:22He committed this act because,
00:23The outburst came just weeks after C.J. Gawai's controversial go-and-asked-the-deity itself remark
00:32made during a hearing on a damaged Vishnu idol in Madhya Pradesh,
00:35a comment that triggered strong reactions from right-wing groups.
00:39Kishore is a Supreme Court lawyer who lives in Delhi's Mayur Vihar neighborhood.
00:43He was detained briefly, but the Bar Council of India issued an interim suspension order against him.
00:48Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had spoken to C.J. Gawai personally,
00:51calling Kishore's act reprehensible and unacceptable.
00:55But on the internet, several right-wing groups and Hindutva social media handles
00:58began portraying Kishore as a Sanatan warrior.
01:01They framed his courtroom outburst as an act of defiance to protect Sanatan values.
01:05While legal experts call it a shameful breach of courtroom decorum,
01:08his supporters online are amplifying this act as a symbolic protest
01:12against what they claim is judiciary's mockery of faith.
01:15What do you think?
01:15Tell us in the comments.
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