Justice Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan - Revision history

Shivam: /* 2017: Jan 23-March 31 */

2018-01-15T03:51:46Z

‎2017: Jan 23-March 31

Shivam: /* Career */

2018-01-15T03:46:13Z

‎Career

Shivam: /* Actions by Justice Karnan */

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‎Actions by Justice Karnan

Jyoti: /* actions by Justice Karnan */

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‎actions by Justice Karnan

Jyoti at 07:59, 22 August 2017

2017-08-22T07:59:22Z

Jyoti: /* A backgrounder on SC judgement */

2017-08-22T07:57:23Z

‎A backgrounder on SC judgement

Jyoti: /* May 2017: SC orders mental checkup */

2017-08-08T12:28:36Z

‎May 2017: SC orders mental checkup

Jyoti: /* 6 month jail term and a prohibition on media */

2017-08-08T12:27:28Z

‎6 month jail term and a prohibition on media

Jyoti: /* June 2017: Arrest */

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‎June 2017: Arrest

Jyoti: /* A backgrounder on SC judgement */

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‎A backgrounder on SC judgement

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 =Actions by Justice Karnan=
-== 2017: Jan 23-March 31 ==
+== 2017: writes to PM, accusing 20 past and present higher judges of corruption  ==
 [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/glossary/story/20170327-glossary-of-the-week-986035-2017-03-18 Damayanti Datta , A heat seeking missile “India Today” 27/3/2017]
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 Next date of hearing.
 ==April 2017: Bans foreign visits of CJI, 7 SC judges==

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	But restraint was a word alien to Justice Karnan, who continued his diatribe against the CJ and other judges and kept writing letters to the PM, the CJI and circulated the letters among advocates. Exasperated by his indiscipline, the SC advised the President to transfer him to Calcutta HC. The end game began on January 23 when he wrote to the CBI director to probe corruption charges against 20 sitting and retired judges of the SC and Madras HC. The apex court initiated contempt proceedings against him on February 8.		But restraint was a word alien to Justice Karnan, who continued his diatribe against the CJ and other judges and kept writing letters to the PM, the CJI and circulated the letters among advocates. Exasperated by his indiscipline, the SC advised the President to transfer him to Calcutta HC. The end game began on January 23 when he wrote to the CBI director to probe corruption charges against 20 sitting and retired judges of the SC and Madras HC. The apex court initiated contempt proceedings against him on February 8.
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		+	= Controversial Rulings =
		+	[https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/glossary/story/20170327-glossary-of-the-week-986035-2017-03-18 Damayanti Datta , A heat-seeking missile “India Today” 27/3/2017]
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		+	2013
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		+	He ruled that couples in live-in relationships or those who'd had consensual sex would be considered married and be called husband and wife.
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		+	2016
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		+	Had an open altercation in court with a fellow Calcutta HC judge for overturning a decision they had taken earlier to not grant bail to the accused in the Kolkata flyover collapse case. Karnan later granted them bail without consulting his fellow judge.

	=Actions by Justice Karnan=		=Actions by Justice Karnan=

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 =Actions by Justice Karnan=
 ==April 2017: Bans foreign visits of CJI, 7 SC judges==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Karnans-order-bans-foreign-visit-of-CJI-seven-29042017016016  Debasish Konar, Karnan's `order' bans foreign visit of CJI, seven SC judges, April 29, 2017: The Times of India]

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 But restraint was a word alien to Justice Karnan, who continued his diatribe against the CJ and other judges and kept writing letters to the PM, the CJI and circulated the letters among advocates. Exasperated by his indiscipline, the SC advised the President to transfer him to Calcutta HC. The end game began on January 23 when he wrote to the CBI director to probe corruption charges against 20 sitting and retired judges of the SC and Madras HC. The apex court initiated contempt proceedings against him on February 8.
-=actions by Justice Karnan=
+=Actions by Justice Karnan=
 ==April 2017: Bans foreign visits of CJI, 7 SC judges==
 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com//Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Karnans-order-bans-foreign-visit-of-CJI-seven-29042017016016  Debasish Konar, Karnan's `order' bans foreign visit of CJI, seven SC judges, April 29, 2017: The Times of India]

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 But restraint was a word alien to Justice Karnan, who continued his diatribe against the CJ and other judges and kept writing letters to the PM, the CJI and circulated the letters among advocates. Exasperated by his indiscipline, the SC advised the President to transfer him to Calcutta HC. The end game began on January 23 when he wrote to the CBI director to probe corruption charges against 20 sitting and retired judges of the SC and Madras HC. The apex court initiated contempt proceedings against him on February 8.
 =2017/ Supreme Court ruling=
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 Justice Karnan won't receive any formal farewell and won't get a chance to give his farewell speech at the court. Therefore, he will also hold the dubious distinction of becoming the first high court judge to miss out on his farewell.
 ==May 2017: SC orders mental checkup==

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	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=SC-orders-mental-health-check-of-defiant-Calcutta-02052017001041 Dhananjay Mahapatra, SC orders mental health check of defiant Calcutta HC judge, May 2, 2017: The Times of India]		[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=SC-orders-mental-health-check-of-defiant-Calcutta-02052017001041 Dhananjay Mahapatra, SC orders mental health check of defiant Calcutta HC judge, May 2, 2017: The Times of India]

		+	[[File: Allegations of Justice Karnan.jpg\|Allegations of Justice Karnan; [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=SC-orders-mental-health-check-of-defiant-Calcutta-02052017001041 Dhananjay Mahapatra, SC orders mental health check of defiant Calcutta HC judge, May 2, 2017: The Times of India]\|frame\|500px]]

	'''Justice Karnan To Be Taken For Tests On May 4'''		'''Justice Karnan To Be Taken For Tests On May 4'''

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 . NO FAREWELL FOR THE JUDGE
 Justice Karnan won't receive any formal farewell and won't get a chance to give his farewell speech at the court. Therefore, he will also hold the dubious distinction of becoming the first high court judge to miss out on his farewell.
 ==6 month jail term and a prohibition on media==

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 Though three teams of cops were present at the time of his arrest, only three SPs travelled with Karnan to Chennai from where he would be taken to Kolkata on “the first available flight“.
 =See also=
 [[Judiciary, superior: India]]

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 . THE CASE
-Justice Karnan has been absconding+ since May 9 when a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court passed an unprecedented arrest order against the constitutional court judge.
+Justice Karnan has been absconding since May 9 when a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court passed an unprecedented arrest order against the constitutional court judge.
 . DUBIOUS DISTINCTION
-His arrest was ordered after he was convicted in a contempt of court case by the Supreme Court+ ; he was awarded a six-month sentence. The Justice became the first sitting High Court judge to be convicted for contempt.
+His arrest was ordered after he was convicted in a contempt of court case by the Supreme Court; he was awarded a six-month sentence. The Justice became the first sitting High Court judge to be convicted for contempt.
 . APPOINTED AS JUDGE
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 . THE CONTROVERSY
-In January this year, Justice Karnan stirred a hornet's nest after he alleged that 20 sitting and retired Supreme Court and High Court judges are corrupt.
+In January 2017, Justice Karnan stirred a hornet's nest after he alleged that 20 sitting and retired Supreme Court and High Court judges are corrupt.
 . MANY DUBIOUS FIRSTS