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Justice CS Karnan retires from Calcutta HC on Tuesday, while still ‘absconding’

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The controversial Justice C S Karnan, who retired on Monday, is still absconding after he was sentenced six months prison by the Supreme Court for contempt.

Karnan, who came to Chennai on May 9, suddenly went missing on the next day from the State guesthouse even before the Apex Court passed orders awarding him six months jail term.

Incidentally, his unceremonious exit coincides with his 62nd birthday.

Calcutta high court, in another first, did not host the customary farewell dinner for the retiring judge, who is also facing a six-month jail sentence.

Justice Karnan has been absconding since May 9 after a seven-judge Supreme Court bench passed an unprecedented arrest order against him.

The order was issued after his embarrassing spat with senior judges of the top court in the course of which he even ordered the arrest of the Chief Justice of India.

While issuing the arrest warrant against him, the Supreme Court also ordered the media to refrain from reporting Karnan’s statements.

The controversial judge was appointed the Madras High Court judge in 2009 and was transferred to West Bengal in 2016.

Karnan, courted controversy in January 2017, after he named 20 sitting and retired Supreme Court and High Court judges of being corrupt. In May, a seven-judge bench sentenced the judge to six-months jail finding him guilty of contempt of court.

The order came a day after Karnan had ordered the arrest of eight apex court judges. Before the West Bengal Police could arrest Karnan, the controversial judge reportedly left for Chennai and has been untraceable ever since.

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