Justice Karnan vs Supreme Court: saga of a defiant judge

Justice C.S. Karnan has been in the news ever since he was appointed judge on March 30, 2009. He has often gone public with his complaints about the judiciary. He first hit the national headlines in November 2011 when his complaint to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, alleging that he was being harassed and victimised by brother judges because he was a Dalit, became public. This year, he refused to stay out of the headlines with his tit-for-tat orders against Supreme Court judges.

Justice C S Karnan of the Calcutta High Court addresses a press conference at his residence in Kolkata.