New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to suspend a six-month jail term it awarded to former Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan for his contempt of the apex court. It also denied him bail.
A vacation bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said: “We can’t suspend the sentence as the order of the sentence was passed by a seven-judge bench.”
The bench said this as Justice Karnan’s counsel Mathew J Nadumpara urged it to grant bail to the former judge, who was arrested by the West Bengal Police on Tuesday.
Karnan’s arrest came more than a month after the apex court’s seven-judge bench held him guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to six months in prison.
“Sorry, nevertheless,” Justice Chandrachud said, declining the bail plea.