India, Nov. 4 -- A Delhi government law officer has granted consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) legal head Ratna Singh in the Delhi high court over her objectionable remarks about a Saket judge.

In a November 2 communication to advocate Kaushik Chatterjee, the city government's additional standing counsel, Amol Sinha, said Singh's social media posts, flagged by the lawyer, "questioned the independence and impartiality of the judicial officer" and were "capable of undermining public confidence in the administration of justice".

The move follows Singh's alleged statements where she expressed dissatisfaction with an order passed by chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Abhinav Pandey of Saket co...