India, Nov. 14 -- Former Madras High Court judge CS Karnan, the first sitting judge of a high court in India to be sentenced to imprisonment for contempt of court, died on Friday morning. He was 71. In 2017, Justice Karnan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing 20 sitting and retired judges of corruption and seeking action against them. The Supreme Court initiated suo motu contempt of court proceedings against him. On May 9, 2017, the top court found him guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment.htc...