Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a criminal contempt of court notice to the state’s former chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal, along with AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bharadwaj and others, for allegedly “vilifying” Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma through a targeted campaign across social media platforms.
The notice was issued by a division bench, comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja, on the suo motu contempt case initiated against them by Justice Sharma. The court has asked all the alleged contemnors to submit their responses within four weeks.
“Issue notice. The alleged contemnors will file their response within a period of four weeks from the receipt of notice,” the court stated and listed the case for next hearing on August 4.
The court has also directed the Registry to keep the copies of the ‘derogatory’ material, which triggered the criminal contempt.
