Karnan was arrested from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on June 20 after he evaded the police for over a month.
20 Dec 2017 8:43 AM
He was arrested from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu on June 20 and is presently lodged in the Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata.
25 Jul 2017 4:22 PM
Retired justice Karnan was the first judge to be awarded jail sentence when he was in service.
06 Jul 2017 8:48 AM
On May 10, 61-year-old Karnan disappeared after checking out of a government guesthouse in Chennai, allegedly without paying the bills.
21 Jun 2017 1:55 AM
The SC had sentenced him to a 6-month jail term on May 9 for contempt of court and had asked West Bengal police to execute the order.
20 Jun 2017 8:34 PM
Karnan's lawyers had earlier claimed that the judge had shot off letters to the president, the PM and others against his jail term.
19 May 2017 9:23 AM
Meanwhile, his legal team is planning to approach President Pranab Mukherjee to seek relief from arrest.
11 May 2017 2:09 PM
Justice Karnan had earlier said he will not appear before a medical board for examining his health as directed by the apex court.
02 May 2017 8:57 PM
ustice Karnan on Friday ‘deferred’ the hearing against 7 SC judges, including CJI JS Khehar, in a case of 'caste discrimination'.
29 Apr 2017 9:20 AM
Justice Karnan alleged that these seven judges of the Supreme Court were operating on malafide intentions.
31 Mar 2017 4:29 PM
Justice Karnan had said he would not attend the contempt proceedings on March 31 calling the bailable warrant
13 Mar 2017 12:49 PM
Justice Karnan is the first serving high court judge against whom an arrest warrant has been issued by the apex court in a contempt case.
11 Mar 2017 12:53 AM
Justice Karnan created a controversy after he alleged that he was being targeted for being a Dalit.
10 Mar 2017 4:03 PM
The apex court granted Karnan three more weeks to appear before it and reply to the show cause notice issued to him last week.
13 Feb 2017 11:49 AM
Justice Karnan, who has been asked to be personally present in the court on February 13 to show cause.
12 Feb 2017 1:29 AM