A former High Court judge, CS Karnan, was arrested today over offensive comments he allegedly made against woman judges and wives of judges, which were posted on YouTube.
The ex-judge was arrested by the Chennai police.
He had allegedly made defamatory and offensive comments against Supreme Court and High Court judges, the wives of judges and uploaded them online.
A police team nabbed Karnan from his residence in Avadi, He was detained at the commissioner’s office in Vepery.
The police registered a case against him under sections 509 (whoever, intending to insult the modesty of any woman, utters any words, makes any sound or gesture) and 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) of the IPC.
The police said Justice Karnan would be produced before a magistrate court and then remanded in Puzhal prison. Earlier, in October, the Tiruvanmiyur police registered a case against five men without naming Karnan for trespassing into Supreme Court judge Justice R Banumathi’s residence in Kalashetra Colony.
In 2017, he was sentenced to six months imprisonment for contempt of court.
