Will not suspend Justice Karnan s jail term: SC

New Delhi June 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to suspend a six-month jail term it awarded to former Calcutta High Court judge Justice C.S. Karnan for his contempt of the apex court. It also denied him bail.

A vacation bench of Justice D.Y. 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.

--IANS
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