Civil rights organisations and writers’ collectives on Thursday (October 9, 2025) condemned the recent attack on Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai, calling it a harmful assault on the thought of constitutional morality and democratic values.

The assertion was made at a press convention held on the Press Membership, Basheerbagh in Hyderabad, collectively organised by the Civil Rights Initiative Internationale (CRII), Samooha Secular Writers Discussion board, and the Nationwide Justice Political Entrance – India.

Babu Rao, IPS (Retd), nationwide president of CRII, described the assault as a ‘nationwide disgrace’ and “a direct menace to constitutional morality and social concord.” He mentioned the assault was not merely bodily however an assault on the very spirit of India’s Structure. “If the Chief Justice of India is focused due to his caste, then the protection of each marginalised citizen is at stake,” he mentioned.

He criticised the police response, noting that solely a Zero FIR was filed beneath Sections 132 and 133 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Mr. Rao demanded that the case be registered beneath the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, citing the caste-based motivation behind the assault. He reminded that the Justice Gavai is barely the third Dalit to carry the publish of Chief Justice of India, a place symbolising the lengthy wrestle of marginalised communities for equality.

The panel mentioned that as per experiences, the attacker, identified as Rakesh Kishore, shouted “Sanatan ka apmaan nahi sahenge” (“We is not going to tolerate insult to Sanatan”) in the course of the assault. Rights activists described the incident as a manifestation of rising non secular extremism geared toward undermining constitutional values.

Mercy Margaret of the Samooha Secular Writers Discussion board condemned what she termed “manuvadi extremism” and warned that the assault mirrored a rising wave of caste and communal fanaticism threatening India’s democracy. Var Naragoni, chairman of the Nationwide Justice Political Entrance – India, mentioned the incident was symptomatic of the erosion of judicial independence and secular ideas.

Audio system on the occasion identified that the assault violated a number of constitutional provisions, together with Articles 14, 15, and 21, which assure equality, non-discrimination, and the best to life, in addition to Article 51A(e), which urges residents to advertise concord and surrender practices derogatory to the dignity of deprived teams. Additionally they cited India’s worldwide obligations beneath the Common Declaration of Human Rights and the Worldwide Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

The organisations urged the Supreme Courtroom to take suo motu cognisance of the assault and provoke stronger authorized motion beneath the SC/ST Atrocities Act. They known as upon constitutional establishments to uphold the dignity of the judiciary and reaffirm India’s democratic soul.

Addressing the gathering, Mr. Babu Rao appealed to the youth to defend the imaginative and prescient of B. R. Ambedkar. “India should not be constructed on the muse of fanaticism. We should reclaim Ambedkar’s imaginative and prescient of democracy, fraternity, and justice. Casteism and communalism don’t have any place in trendy India,” he mentioned.

Quoting former President S. Radhakrishnan, he added, “A democracy is distinguished by the safety it provides to minorities. If that fails, democracy itself is in peril.”