New Delhi: Calcutta High Court's previous judge Justice CS Karnan, who was arrested in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday, on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court looking for bail and suspension of six-month sentence granted to him in May.
The SC, in any case, declined to engage Karnan's bail request.
A vacation bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul additionally stated: "We can't suspend the sentence as the request of the sentence was passed by a seven-judge bench."
"Sorry, nevertheless," Justice Chandrachud stated, declining the bail request.
The bench said this as Justice Karnan's insight Mathew J Nadumpara asked it to concede safeguard to the previous judge, who was arrestd by the West Bengal Police yesterday. Nedumpara said that this court had every one of the forces and should concede the between time safeguard till the reviving of the court.
To this, the excursion bench said it couldn't supersede the request of the seven-judge bench.
The previous judge will be stopped in the Presidency Jail in Kolkata after he arrives in the West Bengal capital today.
Calcutta High Court's previous judge Justice CS Karnan was sentenced to six months detainment by the Supreme Court for disdain.
Karnan, who was escaping arrest for over a month, resigned from benefit, a couple days back.