Summary:
A person in the crowd, in a white shirt, suddenly raised the slogan ‘Ek Maratha, Lakh Maratha’ and attacked Sadavarte. AdvertisingFollowing the incident, the court granted police protection to Gunratan Sadavarte, who was attacked by Vaijanath Mukhane. After the incident, Sadavarte returned to the courtroom seeking a hearing before the bench of Chief Justice Naresh H Patil and Justice M S Karnik. He informed the court that he was “assaulted outside the court premises” and that he had “received one thousand threat calls from the time of filing of the petition”. A LAWYER representing one of the petitioners who had moved Bombay High Court challenging the state’s decision to grant reservation to the Maratha community, was assaulted by one person outside the court premises on Monday..