Former Calcutta High Court judge C. S. Karnan, arrested for committing contempt of the Supreme Court, on Friday remained admitted to a hospital with the doctors describing him as “not fit” to be discharged.
“He is a bit better but not in a state to be released from the hospital. Doctors are keeping an eye on him,” a senior officer at the Presidency correctional home (jail) said.
Sixty two-year-old Karnan was admitted to State-run SSKM hospital on Thursday evening after he complained of “uneasiness” and chest pain.
Medical tests
It was learnt that the doctors at the hospital conducted a few medical tests on the former judge on Friday too and the results were being awaited.
Mr. Karnan, who had been evading arrest since May 9 after the Supreme Court awarded him a six-month jail term, was arrested on the June 20 night by a team of West Bengal CID from a private resort at Malumichampatti, about 6 km from Coimbatore, where he was hiding for a few days.
He was brought from Chennai to Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon and was taken to the Presidency correctional home.
Mr. Karnan, who has earned the dubious distinction of being the first sitting high court judge to be awarded a jail term by the apex court, retired from service on June 12 as a fugitive.
