Exclusive on India Legal: The letter which Justice Karnan sent to Chief Justice of India regarding his transfer orders:

Reg. Gen. High Court of Madras vs Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, before Justice Kehar & Justice Banumathi. Senior Advocate argued on behalf of the petitioner and filed the affidavit of Shri B Hari, registrar cum private secretary to the Chief Justice of Madras Court.

The affidavit revealed that Justice CS Karnan of Madras High Court has received his transfer orders issued by the Supreme Court Collegium . The court has directed the Chief Justice of Madras High Court not to assign any judicial work to Justice CS Karnan. A copy of this order shall be provided to Justice Karnan and he may approach this court on his own cost.

Meanwhile, Justice C.S. Karnan passed an order calling upon the C.J.I to submit his written statement in the High Court regarding his transfer order.

Thereafter, the matter was once again mentioned before Justice J.S. Kehar, while he was presiding over the constitution bench after lunch, regarding the  latest order passed by Justice CS Karnan. Justice J.S. Kehar then asked Sr. Advocate, K.K. Venugopal appearing for the Petitioner, to mention the matter before the C.J.I because the bench formation had changed from the morning combination.