New Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea of former Calcutta High Court judge, Justice CS Karnan, seeking bail and recall of the order convicting him for contempt.
Justice Karnan, who was arrested on June 20 in pursuance of the top court's judgement awarding him six-month jail term for contempt of court, has requested urgent listing of his petition seeking bail and setting aside of his conviction.
"Declined. We will not accept an oral request against the judgment," a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said.
Advocate Mathews J Nedumpara, representing Justice Karnan, said that he has been serving the jail term and his petition needs to be heard on an urgent basis.
On June 21, a vacation bench of the top court had refused to entertain the plea of the arrested ex-high court judge saying it "cannot override" the seven-judge bench order in the case.
Justice Karnan, 62, who retired on June 12 as Calcutta High Court judge, was arrested on June 20 by the West Bengal CID. He had been in Coimbatore since May 9 when the top court held him guilty for contempt of court and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.
Justice Karnan has the dubious distinction of being the first sitting high court judge to be awarded a jail term by the top court and also the first to have retired as a fugitive.
A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, had on May 9 directed the West Bengal director general of police to take the then serving judge into custody immediately.
Despite several attempts, Justice Karnan has failed to get any relief from the top court's vacation benches which has refused to hear his plea seeking a stay of its jail term order.
Justice Karnan, who was arrested on June 20 in pursuance of the top court's judgement awarding him six-month jail term for contempt of court, has requested urgent listing of his petition seeking bail and setting aside of his conviction.
"Declined. We will not accept an oral request against the judgment," a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said.
On June 21, a vacation bench of the top court had refused to entertain the plea of the arrested ex-high court judge saying it "cannot override" the seven-judge bench order in the case.
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Justice Karnan has the dubious distinction of being the first sitting high court judge to be awarded a jail term by the top court and also the first to have retired as a fugitive.
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Despite several attempts, Justice Karnan has failed to get any relief from the top court's vacation benches which has refused to hear his plea seeking a stay of its jail term order.
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