New Delhi: In a first in India's judicial history, Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan, who is facing arrest for being held guilty under the Contempt of Courts Act and facing arrest, retired on Monday while being absconding.
Justice Karnan's arrest orders were issued after he sentenced Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and six other Supreme Court judges to five years in jail under the SC/ST Act. Since then Karnan has been missing since May 10 after the Supreme Court sentenced him to six months in jail.

While a team of West Bengal has been stationed in Chennai since May 10 to execute the Supreme Court directive, it has been unable to apprehend Justice Karnan yet.
Because of the apex court’s order, Justice Karnan will not receive a formal farewell and will not get a chance to give his farewell speech at the court, becoming the first high court judge to miss out his farewell.
Justice Karnan is accused of writing disparaging letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and the Supreme Court Registrar about sitting and retired judges of the Supreme and High Courts.