Grants him four week time to respond to contempt notice
TIA NEWS
Supreme court today refused to restore administrative and Judicial work to Calcutta High Court Judge CS karnan and granted him four weeks time to respond to contempt notice.
A seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar took note of personal appearance of Justice Karnan, a first in the history of Indian judiciary, and asked him to respond to the allegations leveled against various judges in his several communications.
The bench asked Justice Karnan as to whether he was willing to tender an unconditional apology and withdraw his earlier communications in which he had made allegations against various judges. Justice Karnan in his response, alleged discrimination and social boycott by companion judges on various grounds including his caste and said that even the Supreme Court issued the contempt notice and took away his administrative and judicial rights without hearing him. Justice Karnan said he is holding constitutional post and his dignity has been hurt.
He said, the work has been taken away without hearing his point of view. He said police officials had entered his office to serve the warrant and since he is a sitting judge holding a Constitutional office, the insult is not only to me, but to the entire judiciary.
To this the bench said that earlier, it had issued notice to Justice Karnan and when he failed to appear before it then only it issued a bailable warrant against him.