{"id":377,"date":"2018-01-21T18:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=377"},"modified":"2018-01-21T18:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-21T18:04:04","slug":"supreme-court-orders-medical-evaluation-of-calcutta-hc-judge-cs-karnan-in-contempt-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/supreme-court-orders-medical-evaluation-of-calcutta-hc-judge-cs-karnan-in-contempt-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court orders medical evaluation of Calcutta HC judge CS Karnan in contempt case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">Source &#8211;\u00a0intoday.in<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The Supreme Court today ordered the medical examination of Calcutta High Court Judge Justice CS Karnan in a contempt case for accusing 20 current and former judges of higher judiciary of corruption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The apex court has directed Calcutta government hospital to constitute a board for medical examination of Karnan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">SC has also directed Director General of Police to form a team of police officials to assist with the medical board. The apex court bench led by Justice Kehar ordered Calcutta government hospital doctors to examine Justice Karnan on May 4 and submit a report by May 8.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_wrapper_div\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; clear: both; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The Supreme Court also said that Justice Karnan may submit a response if he likes. The Supreme Court had earlier restrained courts or tribunals to take cognizance of orders passed by Karnan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">Justice Karnan had earlier banned eight Supreme Court judges, including Chief Justice J S Kehar from travelling abroad.\u00a0 He had also ordered CJI Kehar and seven other SC judges to appear before him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The seven judges had issued a suo motu contempt order against Karnan in February after he had in January named 20 &#8220;corrupt judges&#8221;, seeking probe against them to curb &#8220;high corruption&#8221; in the Indian judiciary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">Sources said that the order came after senior advocate K K Venugopal requested the bench to defer contempt of court proceedings against Justice Karnan who is expected to retire in June this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 20px 0px 0px; margin: 0px; color: #737373; font-family: roboto; font-size: 16px; box-sizing: initial !important;\">The CJI reportedly said that the judiciary must deal with Karnan or lose face and stated that further hearing of the case will be held on May 18.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/supreme-court-orders-medical-evaluation-of-calcutta-hc-judge-cs-karnan-in-contempt-case\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211;\u00a0intoday.in The Supreme Court today ordered the medical examination of Calcutta High Court Judge Justice CS Karnan in a contempt case for accusing 20 current and former judges of higher judiciary of corruption. The apex court has directed Calcutta government hospital to constitute a board for medical examination of Karnan. 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