Former Calcutta High Court judge C.S.Karnan was discharged from the State-run SSKM hospital late on Thursday night.
“Justice Karnan was discharged from the SSKM Hospital around 9 p.m. on Thursday as his condition improved. He was sent back to the Presidency Jail hospital,” his lawyer Mathew. J. Nedumpara told The Hindu .
The former judge was admitted to the SSKM Hospital on June 22.
Evaded arrest
Mr. Karnan was lodged at the Presidency Jail on June 21 following his arrest from Coimbatore by a Bengal Police team on June 20. He had been evading arrest since May 9, after the Supreme Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment for contempt of court and ordered his immediate arrest.
In February, the Supreme Court issued a contempt of court notice against him for allegedly degrading the judicial institution.
Justice Karnan had written to the Prime Minister and allegedly accused several retired and sitting Supreme Court and High Court judges of corruption.
A seven-judge Bench led by the Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar heard Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi, who said that Justice Karnan should face contempt proceedings for his “scurrilous” letters.
