Legal News Updates

13 6 2017

Controversial Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan retired today.

Controversial Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan today ended his tenure as a fugitive from law with no customary farewell being given to him.

Sixty-two-year-old Justice Karnan has been evading arrest since May 9 after being sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court by the Supreme Court.

He has the dubious distinction of being the first sitting high court judge to be awarded a jail term by the apex court.
 

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