C.S. Karnan, Controversial Former High Court Judge, Passes Away in Chennai
The former judge had faced a six-month contempt sentence in 2017 and later arrest in 2020 after years of clashes with fellow judges.
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Justice C.S. Karnan, who served as a judge in the Madras and Calcutta High Courts, passed away in Chennai at the age of 71. Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
C.S. Karnan, controversial former High Court judge, passes away in Chennai
He was sentenced to six months of imprisonment during his stint as a judge of Calcutta High Court in 2017 after he passed an “order” sentencing the then CJI and seven other Supreme Court judges to five years of imprisonment
Retired High Court judge Karnan (aged 72) was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai due to ill health. In this situation, it has been reported that he died at around 6 am today (13.11.2026) due to lack of treatment. Karnan was born in 1955 to Swaminathan and Kamalam in a village called Karumanatham in Cuddalore district. He completed his law studies from the Madras Law College in 1983 and registered as an advocate and started his legal pract…
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