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Justice Karnan had accused 20 Supreme Court judges of corruption.
The Apex Court rejected former Calcutta HC Justice C S Karnan bail plea and refused to suspend the 6 months prison sentence handed to him in a contempt case. The order was passed by a 7-judge apex court bench on Wednesday.
Justice Karnan was arrested by the West Bengal Police from a guest house in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
ADG (CID) Rajesh Kumar said that “Justice CS Karnan has been arrested. He’ll be brought to Kolkata via Chennai tom. morning & he’ll be put in Presidency Jail.”
Karnan was sentenced to jail in a contempt case after he accused 20 Apex Court judges of corruption.
The 62-year-old had been evading arrest ever since the Apex court sentenced him to jail on 9th May for contempt of court. The police traced him to a guest house at Malumichampatti near Coimbatore. He tried to resist arrest- the police claimed.
He had been at loggerheads with the Supreme Court for several months. The bench also barred the media from publishing or reporting the orders passed by C.S. Karnan.
Following this order, Karnan tried to get relief from the Apex court but failed as the Supreme Court refused to hear his plea seeking a stay on its jail term order.
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Source - ptinews.com