Karnan had earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first sitting high court judge to have been sentenced to jail.
Former Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan is set to be released on Wednesday after serving a six-month jail sentence, which was handed out to him by the Supreme Court for contempt.
Retired Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan was eluding arrest for more than a month and was arrested in Coimbatore yesterday.
The order was passed on May 12 and sent to Justice Karnan's lawyers three days later. Karnan is yet to be arrested.
The West Bengal police team that arrived in Chennai on Wednesday to arrest Justice CS Karnan, sentenced to six months’ jail by the Supreme Court, failed to trace his location.
Calcutta High Court Judge CS Karnan on Thursday passed a suo-moto order against Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and six other Supreme Court judges, directing them to appear before him on April 28.
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