Coimbatore: Almost six weeks after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest for Contempt of Court, former High Court Judge C.S. Karnan, who retired last week, was arrested yesterday at Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore by the West Bengal Police. He was flown to Chennai and likely to be brought to Kolkata today and sent to Presidency Jail.
Justice (retired) Karnan is the first ever sitting High Court Judge to have had an arrest warrant issued against and sentenced to a jail term. The Supreme Court also ordered that his “mental health” be examined before it ordered his arrest on May 9. Justice (retired) Karnan, 62, repeatedly claimed that he was been victimised because he was a Dalit.
