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HC judge who summoned SC judges to his Kolkata home, ordered their arrest, dies

Former Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan, who turned his Kolkata home into a makeshift courtroom in 2017, died in Chennai at 71. He had ordered the arrest…

HC judge who summoned SC judges to his Kolkata home, ordered their arrest, dies
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Former Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan, who turned his Kolkata home into a makeshift courtroom in 2017, died in Chennai at 71. He had ordered the arrest and imprisonment of several Supreme Court judges, including then CJI JS Khehar, before being jailed himself for contempt of court.

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