A medical examination has been ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) on Calcutta High Court Judge, Justice CS Karnan.

The SC also said a medical board would be constituted to examine his mental condition, which would examine Karnan on May 5 and submit their report by May 8. The SC also fixed the next date of hearing in the case as May 18.

The bench after Karnan did not obey its summons to appear before it, said “No one can say such things and get away.” The apex court also ruled that all of Karnan’s orders were invalid, and that no tribunal or Court of Justice shall take cognizance of it.

CONTROVERSIAL TWISTS AND TURNS TILL NOW

1) Karnan had ended his opposition on March 31 when he finally appeared before the 7 judge bench of CJI J S Khehar and Justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur, Pinaki C Ghose and Kurian Joseph in the contempt proceedings for leveling scandalous corruption charges against sitting and retired SC judges and handed over a two-page letter. But he had kept a wavering stand - sometimes ready to apologize but at other times daring the apex court to send him to jail. He had even even repeated the corruption charges. The bench had given him four weeks time to file a written reply.

2) On April 13 Karnan issued an “order” asking CJI and the six judges to appear before him at his New Town residence by April 24 for violating his rights as a Dalit and humiliating him in public.

3) Karnan called the media to his residence and passed the suo motu, i.e . on its own motion, order “in the interest of the nation to protect the general public.”

4) Karnan’s order called the seven SC judges “national offenders” and said they had shown caste prejudice against him and insulted him on March 31 by asking about his mental health. “Hence all the seven judges are offenders under the Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes Atrocities Act,” said the nine-page signed order. “The Honorable judges will appear before me at my Rosedale Residential Court and give me their views on the quantum of punishment for the violation,” said the order.

5) In an order last Thursday, Karnan directed the , Airports Authority director, New Delhi, not to permit any of the seven SC judges to travel abroad and ordered the judges to “surrender” their passports to the director general of Delhi Police. None of the judges were permitted to move to any other court against his order but could approach the Parliament to challenge his order.

6) The order also directed the Registry of the Supreme Court not to clear pension benefits of the seven judges till he received the compensation of Rs 14 crore which he had mentioned in an earlier order. It also appealed to foreign countries having cordial relation with India to not issue visa to any of the seven SC judges.

7) The Supreme Court had on March 10 issued bailable warrant against Karnan for non-appearance in the case wherein he has slapped with a contempt notice for writing scandalous letters leveling grave corruption charges against sitting and retired apex court judges.

8) Karnan, known for his several controversial acts earlier, called a press conference in Kolkata and termed the warrant “unconstitutional” and alleged he was being targeted for being a Dalit.

9) He also went on to allege that the court order amounted to an offence under the SC and ST (Prevention of) Atrocities Act and challenged the court to refer his case to Parliament.

Karnan even wrote to the PM seeking a probe against corrupt HC and SC judges.

SUPRAJA