Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan became the first sitting judge to be sent to jail with the Supreme Court holding him in contempt on Tuesday.
New Delhi:In an unprecedented ruling, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar held sitting Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan guilty of contempt of “grievous nature" and sentenced him six months of imprisonment.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi had argued that Justice Karnan was mentally fit and that the SC must clamp down against this behavior as it was tarnishing the image of the judiciary.
In an earlier occasion, Justice Karnan had directed the Air Control Authority of India to ensure that the SC judges were not allowed to travel abroad as there was risk of the “virus of caste bias" being spread to other countries.
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