“Am I mentally unstable? Who is the Supreme Court to judge that I have a mental illness? The seven judges looking at my case are corrupt," he said in a press conference hours after the SC order. “If the DGP acts me without my consent, I will pass an order against him. He should stay within limits.... I won't submit to any treatment."
Speaking to CNN-News18 later, Karnan said: “The seven judges are protecting other corrupt judges who are awaiting promotion. This erroneous order must not be carried out. The DGP should not come to me."
Senior Advocate KK Venugopal submitted before the bench that “Justice Karnan needed counseling" and he was not “consciously passing such orders." The latest SC order comes in the backdrop of Justice Karnan ‘debarring’ the apex court judges from travelling abroad.
The seven judges had issued a suo motu contempt order against Justice Karnan in February after he had named “20 corrupt judges" and was seeking probe against them to curb “high corruption" in the Indian judiciary.
Justice Karnan was stripped off of his judicial and administrative powers. On Monday, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi informed the court that “Justice Karnan was referring to the SC judges as accused in the press conferences and his recent orders against the judges."
SC also directed that all orders passed by Justice Karnan after February 8, to all courts, commissions or authorities would not be acted upon. The next hearing in the case is on May 18.
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