New Delhi, May 22 -- The Delhi High Court issued notices to AAP leader Gopal Rai and a journalist in a criminal contempt petition alleging that they, along with other AAP leaders, carried out a coordinated social media campaign against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, a sitting judge of the High Court.

A Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja on Thursday passed the order while hearing a petition filed by advocate Ashok Chaitanya after obtaining consent from Delhi Government Additional Standing Counsel (Criminal) Sanjeev Bhandari for initiation of contempt proceedings.

During the hearing, the Bench observed, "We have already taken cognisance of the contempt."

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