After weeks in Kerala, judge Karnan finally arrested in Coimbatore

Former Calcutta High Court Judge C S Karnan, who was sentenced to jail term for contempt of court was arrested from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The arrest comes a week after he retired from service. 

The West Bengal police arrested him from the guest house of a private college. He will be flown to Kolkata and moved to Presidency jail. 

Karnan was hiding in a guest house at Panangad in Kerala. 

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The justice went into hiding after the seven-judge Constitution Bench awarded him six months jail term on May 10. The bench had found him corrupt and wrote to authorities including the Prime Minister seeking a probe against the judge. The apex court also rejected his request to recall the arrest order. 

The Supreme Court also banned media from publishing his statements or rulings after Karnan defied the bench at every step by coming out with his own rulings against the judges. 

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