New Delhi: Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) legal head Ratna Singh may face increased trouble. Consent has been granted to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against her over comments made on social media against a judicial officer of Saket Court. Delhi government Additional Standing Counsel (Criminal) Amol Sinha gave his consent in this regard on November 2. However, this is not yet a final judicial decision on contempt.
The matter is linked to an order passed by Saket Court Chief Judicial Magistrate Abhinav Pandey. Ratna Singh had filed a petition in court on October 10, alleging that Delhi Police had illegally detained her and prevented her from taking part in a protest. After not getting relief from the court, she posted comments on social media platform X about the judicial officer’s functioning and order. The complaint alleged that her post described the judicial officer as working on the instructions of an outside person.
Advocate Kaushik Chatterjee filed a complaint on October 14 seeking criminal contempt action in the matter. A supplementary representation was also submitted on October 28. Amol Sinha gave consent to initiate action under Section 15(2) of the Contempt of Courts Act.
He clarified that there is a difference between fair criticism of a judicial order and comments questioning the independence of a judicial officer. He treated later posts relating to criticism of Delhi Police and the Special Executive Magistrate system as a separate issue.
The Delhi High Court will now independently decide whether Ratna Singh’s comments fall within the ambit of criminal contempt.
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