Justice Karnan refuses medical test, calls it a 'mad order by mad judges'

KOLKATA: Calcutta High Court judge Justice C.S. Karnan on Thursday declined to undergo a medical examination by a medical team, as ordered by the Supreme Court, terming it a "mad order passed by mad judges".

Karnan said he is mentally fit.

After refusing to undergo a medical check up, Justice Karnan gave in writing to the doctors, "I declined to avail medical treatment since I am quite normal and have a stable mind."


"Further my strong view about the Supreme Court order (is that) it amounts to insult and harassment towards the judge (myself)," he said.

Justice Karnan told the doctors that for holding such a medical examination, guardian's consent is required. "As my family members are not here, there is no such consent. So any medical test cannot be held", he said.

He said that his wife and a son are in Chennai while his another son is working in France.

A seven-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar on Monday directed the constitution of a medical board to examine Karnan on May 4 and submit the evaluation report on May 8.

Karnan has been engaged in an over three-month long confrontation with the apex court. He is facing contempt charges for degrading the judiciary and making allegations of corruption against several Supreme Court judges.