SC orders Justice Karnan to be medically examined

A seven-judge Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar on Monday ordered controversial Calcutta High Court judge, Justice C.S. Karnan, to be medically examined by a board of doctors in a bid to confirm the possibility of the judge "feigning mental imbalance".

The order was prompted by Justice Karnan's recent 'purported judicial order' directing the CJI and seven Supreme Court judges to appear before him on May 1, 2017.

The order, Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi termed, was a "gross aggravation of contempt of the Supreme Court".

Justice Karnan passed the order in violation of the seven-judge Bench order on February 8, 2017 order directing him to refrain from judicial and administrative work during the pendency of the current contempt proceedings.