Former High Court judge C.S. Karnan dies in Chennai at 71

Former Madras and Calcutta High Court judge C.S. Karnan has died in Chennai at the age of 71. He was receiving treatment at a private hospital, and his funeral is scheduled for November 14. Appointed to the Madras High Court in 2009, he was transferred to Calcutta in 2016. His judicial career included unprecedented contempt proceedings before a seven judge Supreme Court bench, which sentenced him to six months in prison in 2017. He retired before his arrest. His death closes a highly controversial chapter in Indian judicial history involving judicial office, institutional accountability and the Supreme Court's contempt jurisdiction.