Chennai: Former HC Judge CS Karnan Arrested Over ‘Offensive' Remarks On Judges, Women

Public on: 03-Dec-2020 Views 2554

Chennai: Former HC Judge CS Karnan Arrested Over ‘Offensive' Remarks On Judges, Women

A former High Court judge, CS Karnan, was arrested by the Chennai police for making offensive comments against woman judges and wives of Supreme Court judges in videos which were posted on YouTube.

After a lawyer from the Madras High Court filed a complaint against him, he was arrested under provisions of the Information Technology Act, the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Woman Act and three sections of the Indian Penal Code on October 27.

Earlier, 10 lawyers from the Bar of Madras High Court had requested CJI SA Bobde to intervene in the case and stop the circulation of the controversial videos. The lawyers alleged that they showed Karnan saying that “he had already threatened to sexually assault the wives of 13 former and present Supreme Court judges and a retired woman judge of the Supreme Court”.

Karnan, who served in the Madras and Calcutta High Court, became the first sitting High Court judge to be held guilty of criminal contempt of court in 2017 for degrading the judiciary and making allegations of corruption against Supreme Court judges.

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