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New Delhi : The Supreme Court today ordered the medical examination of Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan on May 4 by a board of doctors, to be set up by a government hospital in Kolkata. A seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar also directed the Director General of Police of West Bengal to form a team of police officers which could assist the medical board in carrying out the medical examination on Justice Karnan. The bench, while referring to its earlier order by which it had restrained Justice Karnan from exercising administrative and Judicial power, directed all the courts, tribunal and commissions across the country not to consider and act on the orders passed by him after February 8.
The bench also asked the judge to file his response to the contempt notice and made it clear that if no response was filed by May 8, then it would be presumed that "he does not have anything to say". The bench, which also comprised Justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur, P C Ghose and Kurian Joseph, has sought the medical report on or before May 8 and posted the contempt petition against Justice Karnan a day after. Earlier, Justices Karnan had appeared before the apex court and sought restoration of his judicial and administrative powers. As the court refused to modify its earlier order, Justice Karnan had made clear that he will not appear before the court again. PTI
