Describing the suo motu contempt of court notice issued by the Supreme Court against him as an “error”, sitting Calcutta High Court judge C.S. Karnan said on Saturday that the order should not be executed.
The development comes a day after the Supreme Court issued a bailable warrant against him. On Friday Justice Karnan alleged that he was being targeted by the Supreme Court because he belongs to a Scheduled Caste community.
He also instructed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start a probe against the seven Supreme Court judges including Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar.
Last month the Supreme Court issued a contempt of court notice against him for allegedly degrading the judiciary.
“The order passed by the seven-judge Bench of the Supreme Court is out of law. It should not be implemented and executed against me,” said Justice Karnan.
Referring to his letter to the Prime Minister where he allegedly accused several sitting and retired High Court and Supreme Court judges of corruption, he asked why did the Supreme Court issue a suo motu contempt order against him “when none of the judges have recommended any legal action” against him.
Justice Karnan further alleged that the SC’s contempt order against him is “ill-motivated.”
He also said that the seven judges who passed the contempt of court order against him did so for their “personal gains.”
He questioned the legal validity of the SC’s order against him and said that “if any judge passes a wrong order then the public need not cooperate with it as it is not suitable for execution.”
