Has Karnan fled to Lanka? Police clueless after 6 days
Chennai, May 15: Desperate police teams from West Bengal to Tamil Nadu are at their wits end as they hunt for Calcutta high court judge C.S. Karnan. But the 61-yearold, sentenced to six months in jail by the Supreme Court on contempt charges six days
Clues pointing to his possible whereabouts in Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu have proved to be dead ends
ago, has been elusive.
Clues of his possible whereabouts in a temple town in Andhra Pradesh or a holiday resort in Tamil Nadu have proved to be dead ends. The police is now staring at the possibility that Justice Karnan, who was last seen in Chennai, may have fled the country, perhaps to Sri Lanka.
Calcutta high court Judge Justice C.S. Karnan, evading arrest, was on Monday warned by the Supreme Court for sending his lawyer repeatedly to seek urgent hearing on his plea against the award of six month jail term, even warning that he could be thrown out of the court.
The apex court came down heavily against his lawyer Mathews J. Nedumpara, who was told that he can be asked to be “thrown out” of the court for making it a habit to mention the matter “over and over again”.
“We are saying no and yet you (lawyer) continue to come again and again. You come five times or 20 times. But we are telling you that you are interfering with the process of the court. Everyday you are interfering with the process of court.
“We are liberal to you. It is for you to understand, we can be liberal and harsh,” a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J.S. Khahar, which was hearing a batch of pleas on “triple talaq”, said. Advocate Nedumapara also said Justice Karnan was willing to tender an unconditional apology. “Justice Karnan has been sent to jail without even giving him an opportunity and without the sanctity of Parliament which alone can remove him,” the counsel said.
Meanwhile, Justice Karnan has shot off letters to the President, the Prime Minister and others against his sixmonth jail term awarded by the apex court.