A headstrong CS Karnan J continues his crusade against the members of the higher judiciary..Even as a seven judge Bench of the Supreme Court today issued a bailable warrant against him, the sitting Calcutta High Court judge has stated that he has passed an order asking the President of India to stay the proceedings against him..But that is merely the tip of the iceberg..In a press conference held today, the judge has also called for the resignation and prosecution of the seven judges that passed the aforementioned order. This report suggests that the judge has also passed an order directing the CBI to file a report before the CBI court in Delhi against all the seven judges who passed the warrant..Far from explaining his absence at the last two hearings in the suo motu contempt case against him, the defiant judge said that he would continue to “operate his judicial power” despite the order passed today. He said,.“It is an arbitrarily issued order, wantedly, deliberately issued against me in order to ruin my life, career.”.Karnan J went on to repeat the allegations of “corruption, rape, forgery etc.” against sitting Supreme Court and Madras High Court judges made in his letter addressed to the Prime Minister of India last year..He also made it a point to note that he was being unfairly treated on account of his caste, and that others who have made similar allegations against the judiciary have gotten away with it..“Learned Senior Advocate Shanthi Bhushan had filed an affidavit before the SC stating that nine former Chief Justices of the SC have corrupted (sic). That affidavit and petition is still pending before the Supreme Court. Why not initiate a similar order against learned advocate Mrs(?) Shanti Bhushan? (Because he is) upper caste. I am Dalit.”.He also made a reference to an advocates association that came out to the press making allegations that an IAS officer offered Justice Kumaraswamy of the Karnataka High Court Rs. 200 crore for a favourable judgment in the Jayalalithaa case. Despite this, he says, no proceedings were initiated against them..Besides referring to Mukul Rohatgi as “not a fair Attorney General”, he also claimed that the Supreme Court itself ought to be held in contempt..“Supreme Court constituted a Bench unusually, after breaking the Indian Constitutional Law. Therefore, they are the contemnor(s). They have committed contempt of their own court.”.He concluded the press conference demanding the resignation of the seven judges and their prosecution under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a card he has played in the past..“All seven judges have to resign, all seven judges have to be prosecuted under the SC/ST Atrocities Act.”.As opposed to taking a leaf from Markandey Katju J’s book and apologizing for his comments, Justice Karnan has decided to go down all guns blazing. His statements in today’s press conference add to a long list of belligerent actions over the past couple of years. It will come as no surprise if the apex court exhibits no tolerance in their action against Karnan J; he will have been hoisted with his own petard..View the whole press conference here.
A headstrong CS Karnan J continues his crusade against the members of the higher judiciary..Even as a seven judge Bench of the Supreme Court today issued a bailable warrant against him, the sitting Calcutta High Court judge has stated that he has passed an order asking the President of India to stay the proceedings against him..But that is merely the tip of the iceberg..In a press conference held today, the judge has also called for the resignation and prosecution of the seven judges that passed the aforementioned order. This report suggests that the judge has also passed an order directing the CBI to file a report before the CBI court in Delhi against all the seven judges who passed the warrant..Far from explaining his absence at the last two hearings in the suo motu contempt case against him, the defiant judge said that he would continue to “operate his judicial power” despite the order passed today. He said,.“It is an arbitrarily issued order, wantedly, deliberately issued against me in order to ruin my life, career.”.Karnan J went on to repeat the allegations of “corruption, rape, forgery etc.” against sitting Supreme Court and Madras High Court judges made in his letter addressed to the Prime Minister of India last year..He also made it a point to note that he was being unfairly treated on account of his caste, and that others who have made similar allegations against the judiciary have gotten away with it..“Learned Senior Advocate Shanthi Bhushan had filed an affidavit before the SC stating that nine former Chief Justices of the SC have corrupted (sic). That affidavit and petition is still pending before the Supreme Court. Why not initiate a similar order against learned advocate Mrs(?) Shanti Bhushan? (Because he is) upper caste. I am Dalit.”.He also made a reference to an advocates association that came out to the press making allegations that an IAS officer offered Justice Kumaraswamy of the Karnataka High Court Rs. 200 crore for a favourable judgment in the Jayalalithaa case. Despite this, he says, no proceedings were initiated against them..Besides referring to Mukul Rohatgi as “not a fair Attorney General”, he also claimed that the Supreme Court itself ought to be held in contempt..“Supreme Court constituted a Bench unusually, after breaking the Indian Constitutional Law. Therefore, they are the contemnor(s). They have committed contempt of their own court.”.He concluded the press conference demanding the resignation of the seven judges and their prosecution under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a card he has played in the past..“All seven judges have to resign, all seven judges have to be prosecuted under the SC/ST Atrocities Act.”.As opposed to taking a leaf from Markandey Katju J’s book and apologizing for his comments, Justice Karnan has decided to go down all guns blazing. His statements in today’s press conference add to a long list of belligerent actions over the past couple of years. It will come as no surprise if the apex court exhibits no tolerance in their action against Karnan J; he will have been hoisted with his own petard..View the whole press conference here.