Justice Karnan 'sentences' CJI, 7 other
Supreme Court judges to 5 years imprisonment
In an escalation of his confrontation with the
Supreme Court, Justice Karnan whsaid the eight judges have "jointly
committed the offences punishable under the SC/ST Atrocities Act of 1989
and amended Act of 2015.
Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan, who is facing
contempt charges, today "sentenced" Chief Justice of India J S Khehar
and seven other judges of the Supreme Court to five years rigorous
imprisonment.
In an escalation of his confrontation with the
Supreme Court, Justice Karnan whsaid the eight judges have "jointly
committed the offences punishable under the SC/ST Atrocities Act of 1989
and amended Act of 2015."
He named members of the apex court's
seven-judge bench, comprising the Chief Justice of India, Justices Dipak
Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur, Pinaki Chandra Ghose
and Kurian Joseph
The bench had initiated suo motu(on its own) contempt proceedings against Justice Karnan and restrained him from
performing judicial and administrative work.
Justice Karnan also
added another supreme court judge Justice R Banumathi in the list
against whom the order was passed for having restrained his judicial and
administrative work along with CJI Khehar.
Justice Karnan had on
May 4 declined to undergo a mental health checkup as ordered by the
Supreme Court, telling a team of doctors he is "absolutely normal" and
has a "stable mind".
Stating that the eight judges of the apex
court have committed caste discrimination,
Justice Karnan said they
"shall be punished under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes
Atrocities Act, 1989."
He said that the eight judges "have
operated judicial and adminstrative power and harassed a dalit judge
besides insulting me at a public institution. The same has been proved
beyond all the reasonable doubt from their orders.
"Hence, an
adjudication is not required in the instant case," Justice Karnan said
in his order from his makeshift court at his home in Rosedale towers,
New Town here.
In his order, Justice Karnan imposed sentences of
five years each and a fine of Rs one lakh on three counts, under
sub-sections (1)(m), (1)(r) and (1)(u) of Section 3 of the SC/ST
Atrocities Act.
Justice Karnan directed that all the three
sentences would run concurrently and said that if the fines were not
paid, they would "undergo further six months of imprisonment.
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