Lawyer throws shoe at India's chief justice over remark about Hindu god

NEW DELHI, India — A lawyer tried to hurl what appeared to be a shoe at India’s Chief Justice B.R.

NEW DELHI, India — A lawyer tried to hurl what appeared to be a shoe at India’s Chief Justice B.R. Gavai in the Supreme Court on Monday, media and lawyers present said, over recent remarks he made about the Hindu god Vishnu.

Gavai reportedly said in separate court proceedings recently that a man filing a plea seeking the replacement of a damaged statue of the god should “go and ask the deity himself to do something,” and the court rejected the plea.

The lawyer on Monday approached the raised platform where Gavai was sitting and had to be stopped by security personnel as he prepared to throw an object at him, media reported.

Gavai, who is set to retire next month as India’s top judge, asked the court to continue proceedings as his would-be attacker was led out of court, legal website LiveLaw said.

LiveLaw said it was not clear whether the object in the attacker’s hand was a shoe or a roll of paper.