Karnan committed gravest contempt of court: SC
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AmitAnand Choudhary
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Terming former Calcutta high
court judge C S Karnan's wild and obnoxious allegations against serving
and retired judges of the Supreme Court and high courts “grossest and
gravest“ contempt, the Supreme Court has justified its decision to send
him behind bars for six months.
In a unanimous verdict, a sevenjudge
bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said it was required to punish
the former judge for his “unsavoury actions and behaviour“ as his
conduct had made the judiciary a laughing stock not only in India but
also
across the world and justice Karnan failed to substantiate his baseless
allegations against members of the judiciary.
“We have no hesi tation in concluding, that the actions of Justice C S Karnan constituted the grossest and gravest actions of contempt of court ... He is therefore liable to be punished for his unsavoury actions and behaviour. We are satisfied that he should be punished for his actions with imprisonment for six months,“ said the bench, also comprising justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lo kur, P C Ghose and Kurian Joseph.
The court noted that Justice Karnan refused to mend his way despite the apex court initiating suo motu contempt proceedings against him and he continued to “foul mouth his colleagues“ in the judiciary. “His demeanour was found to have become further aggressive, after the court passed orders from time to time, in this case.“
“The contents of the letters addressed by him contained scandalous material against judges of high courts and the Supreme Court. This correspondence was addressed to the highest constitutional authorities, in all three wings of governance the legislature, the executive and the judiciary ,“ the bench said in its verdict dated May 9. The judgement was uploaded on the SC website on Wednesday.
“The local media, unmindful of the damage it was causing to the judicial institution, merrily rode the Karnan wave. Even the foreign media, had its dig at the Indian judiciary .None of his actions can be considered as bona fide, especially in view of the express directions issued by this court requiring him to refrain from discharging any judicial or administrative work,“ it said.
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“We have no hesi tation in concluding, that the actions of Justice C S Karnan constituted the grossest and gravest actions of contempt of court ... He is therefore liable to be punished for his unsavoury actions and behaviour. We are satisfied that he should be punished for his actions with imprisonment for six months,“ said the bench, also comprising justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lo kur, P C Ghose and Kurian Joseph.
The court noted that Justice Karnan refused to mend his way despite the apex court initiating suo motu contempt proceedings against him and he continued to “foul mouth his colleagues“ in the judiciary. “His demeanour was found to have become further aggressive, after the court passed orders from time to time, in this case.“
“The contents of the letters addressed by him contained scandalous material against judges of high courts and the Supreme Court. This correspondence was addressed to the highest constitutional authorities, in all three wings of governance the legislature, the executive and the judiciary ,“ the bench said in its verdict dated May 9. The judgement was uploaded on the SC website on Wednesday.
“The local media, unmindful of the damage it was causing to the judicial institution, merrily rode the Karnan wave. Even the foreign media, had its dig at the Indian judiciary .None of his actions can be considered as bona fide, especially in view of the express directions issued by this court requiring him to refrain from discharging any judicial or administrative work,“ it said.
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