New Delhi: Delhi government's Additional Standing Counsel (Criminal) Amol Sinha has granted consent for initiating criminal contempt proceedings against Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) legal head Ratna Singh over her social media posts against a Delhi court's judicial officer.
\n\nThe consent was granted on a representation by advocate Kausik Chatterjee, who sought initiation of contempt proceedings against Singh through a letter dated October 14 and a supplementary representation on October 28.
\n\nIn a letter dated November 2, Sinha gave his consent for taking appropriate steps to initiate proceedings against Singh under Section 15(2) of the Contempt of Courts Act.
\n\nThe matter relates to Singh's posts on social media platform X expressing dissatisfaction with an order passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate Abhinav Pandey of the Saket courts in proceedings concerning her alleged detention by the Delhi Police.
\n\nSinha said the posts went beyond criticism of the judicial order and prima facie suggested the magistrate was acting under the instructions of an external authority.
\n\n"The said expressions prima facie suggest that the Judicial Officer was acting under the instructions of an external authority rather than independently exercising judicial discretion in accordance with law," he said.
\n\nHe noted that such imputations questioned the independence…
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