Former Madras High Court Judge CS Karnan Passes Away At 71

<b>Former Madras High Court Justice CS Karnan</b> passed away on Friday morning at the age of seventy-one after failing to respond to medical treatment. According to sources, he was recently admitted to a hospital in Chennai following health complications. Justice Karnan created history by becoming the first sitting High Court judge to be sentenced to imprisonment for contempt of court. Appointed as an additional judge of the Madras High Court in March 2009, his turbulent judicial career was marked by numerous controversies, public confrontations with fellow judges, and administrative transfers before his eventual passing.