NEW DELHI: Controversial Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan appeared in the Supreme Court on Friday, openly repeated his outrageous allegations against a host of judges and dared the top court to throw him into jail for contempt, virtually revealing the gaping holes in the court’s power to discipline errant judges.“I will not appear before this court again. Arrest me and throw me into jail if you think I am guilty,” justice Karnan theatrically told a 7-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, making the CJI openly wonder if he was in a mental state to defend himself or whether he wanted a lawyer to defend himself.Justice Karnan also accused the bench of condemning him without a hearing, saying that the judges could not have withdrawn administrative and judicial work assigned to him -- a punishment of sorts - without giving him an opportunity to defend himself against the charges leveled against him.“This is a violation of the principle of natural justice and my rights under article 14 (right to equality) and 21 (right to life) of the Constitution,” he said.The CJ, however, stayed cool during the hearing and afforded yet another opportunity to Justice Karnan to either defend himself personally or through a lawyer. The CJI posted the case after four weeks for further hearing.This was to enable Justice Karnan, who vacillated today between wanting to apologise unconditionally to the court and return to work, and demanding a probe into the allegations of corruption and moral turpitude against some judges of the Madras High Court , to file his written submissions after due deliberation.The top court had earlier issued contempt notices against him for making sweeping allegations against at least 20 judges of the Madras High Court and later issued bail able warrants against him.Justice Karnan also made a grievance of the warrants saying that he had been treated like a “terrorist” and an “accused” despite holding a constitutional office. “I have undergone mental agony,” he said. “I have been harassed by judges on the Madras High Court because I am from the lower caste,” he charged. He pleaded with the CJI to allow him to work, saying that would help him return to a normal mental state where he could defend himself.“Am I a terrorist, an anti-social element? For complaining to the PM, I am insulted, police is sent to my house. My dignity is spoilt,” he said.“I am also holding a constitutional post. Whether metal agony is caused to me or not? This is not an insult to me but the entire institution of judiciary,” he said, claiming that he was not working for personal gain but public welfare by drawing attention to the wrongdoings of judges in the Madras High Court