Madras HC judge Karnan to meet Mayawati, Paswan in Delhi

Justice C S Karnan of the Madras high court, who has been in the news lately, will arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday to meet Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati and Lok Janshakti Party leader and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.

Karnan is believed to have contacted other Dalit Leaders who have reportedly assured him of raising his issue in Parliament.

Last week, a panel of judges headed by the Chief Justice of India ordered that Karnan be transferred to the Calcutta high court. The junior judge reacted that he would fight the order and asked the Chief Justice of India to "not interfere" with his jurisdiction, and also stayed his own transfer order.

"I'm targetted as I am a Dalit," he reportedly said on Monday. "I'm ashamed to have been born in India. I want to move to a country without a caste system.”

The Supreme Court has recommended that Karnan not be assigned any cases for now, but has left the decision to the Madras high court.