Karnan refuses medical test, calls it mad order by mad judges
Thursday - May 4, 2017 1:16 pm ,
Category : HEALTH
Kolkata May 4 (IANS) Calcutta High Court judge Justice C.S. Karnan on Thursday here refused to be examined by a medical team as ordered by the Supreme Court terming it a mad order passed by mad judges.
Karnan said he is mentally fit.
A seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on Monday directed the constitution of a medical board to examine Karnan on May 4 and submit the evaluation report on May 8.
Karnan has been engaged in an over three-month long confrontation with the apex court. He is facing contempt charges for degrading the judiciary and making allegations of corruption against several Supreme Court judges.
--IANS
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