President Ramnath Kovind received first petition

New Delhi, July 26: The Former Kolkata High Court Judge CS. Karnan has filed a petition to the new President Ram Nath Kovind through an email by his legal team seeking relief of his six months imprisonment on Tuesday.

The Justice (retd.) Karnan is currently in presidency jail at Kolkata according to Supreme court's order.

Earlier Justice (retd.) Karnan's legal team had said that they aim to make it the "first petition submitted physically and electronically" to the new President.

"We have e-mailed Justice (retd.) Karnan's petition to the new President, to his secretary, additional secretary, and private secretary at 11 am today (Tuesday)," Justice Karnan's lawyer A.C.Philip told media.

He also said that so far they have not received any response. "We will also be sending the petition by post today (Tuesday) to the President," said Mr. Philip.

He also said that they will be trying to get an appointment with Mr. Kovind on Wednesday.

Referring to the President's power under Article 72 of the Constitution the petition urges the new President to either remit or suspend the sentence awarded to Justice(retd.) Karnan till the hearing of his appeal to "recall/review" the Supreme Court's order.

In February, the Supreme Court issued a contempt of court notice against him for allegedly degrading the judicial institution.

Justice (retd.) Karnan had written to the Prime Minister and allegedly accused several retired and sitting Supreme Court and High Court judges of corruption.