 "Supreme Court gives Justice CS Karnan four weeks' time to respond to contempt notice")
Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan appeared before the Supreme Court on Friday and reaffirmed his complaint against the seven judges while seeking restoration of administrative and judicial work.
Justice Karnan appears before SC, reaffirms his complaint against judges; SC asks him to file his written response in SC in 4 weeks pic.twitter.com/f6sXbdYS5u
— News18 (@CNNnews18) March 31, 2017
The Supreme Court, however, refused to restore administrative and judicial work of Justice Karnan and granted him four weeks’ time to respond to the contempt notice. Justice Karnan opposed non-restoration of his judicial powers and said he will not appear in SC on next date of hearing. “I am also holding constitutional post. My dignity has been hurt and work has been taken away without hearing me,” he told the court, according to PTI. He even said, “I am not a terrorist, why was police sent to my house.”
Justice Karnan to Supreme Court - " I am not a terrorist, why was police sent to my house" (File photo) pic.twitter.com/Vi3t3QsARp
— News18 (@CNNnews18) March 31, 2017
A seven-judge bench headed by CJI JS Khehar also suggested that Karnan files a medical record if he thinks he is “not mentally fit” to respond. “I don’t need to show any medical certificate,” was Karnan’s response to the apex court. Justice Karnan reportedly passed an order against seven judges alleging them of violating “principal of natural justice”, which ensures procedural fairness.
Justice Karnan passed order against 7 judges alleging them of violating "principal of natural justice", which ensures procedural fairness.
— ANI (@ANI) March 31, 2017
In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court had issued the arrest warrant against Justice Karnan to ensure his presence before it on 31 March in a contempt case. Hitting back at the apex court, Justice Karnan had stated that they have “no locus standi” to issue a bailable warrant against a sitting judge and alleged that he was being targeted for being a Dalit. In a first, a bench of seven Supreme Court judges started contempt of court proceedings against Karnan for levelling allegations of corruption against Madras HC chief justice and other judges repeatedly. The issuance of the notice is historic because this is the first time when a constitutional court has started the contempt of court proceedings against a judge of the SC or HC. A high court judge can only be removed through impeachment by the Parliament. With inputs from PTI
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