{"id":48858,"date":"2017-07-03T05:36:53","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T00:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48858"},"modified":"2017-07-03T05:36:53","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T00:06:53","slug":"sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-justice-karnan-seeking-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-refuses-urgent-hearing-justice-karnan-seeking-bail","title":{"rendered":"SC refuses urgent hearing to Justice Karnan seeking bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48098\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48098\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/karnan-issues-nbws-7-sc-judges-including-cji\/justice-karnan\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"justice-karnan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48098 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC refuses urgent hearing to Justice Karnan seeking bail\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/justice-karnan.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC refuses urgent hearing to Justice Karnan seeking bail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea of former Calcutta High Court judge, Justice C S Karnan, seeking bail and recall of the order convicting him for contempt.<\/p>\n<p>Karnan, who was arrested on June 20 in pursuance of the apex court&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Declined. We will not accept an oral request against the judgment,&#8221; a bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>On June 21, a vacation bench of the apex court had refused to entertain the plea of the arrested ex-high court judge saying it &#8220;cannot override&#8221; the seven-judge bench order in the case.<\/p>\n<p>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 apex court held him guilty for contempt of court and sentenced him to six months imprisonment.<\/p>\n<p>Karnan has the dubious distinction of being the first sitting high court judge to be awarded a jail term by the apex court and also the first to have retired as a fugitive.<\/p>\n<p>A seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, had on May 9 directed the West Bengal director general of police to take the then serving judge into custody immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Despite several attempts, Karnan has failed to get any relief from the apex court&#8217;s vacation benches which has refused to hear his plea seeking a stay of its jail term order.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea of former Calcutta High Court judge, Justice C S Karnan, seeking bail and recall of the order convicting him for contempt. 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