India, May 23 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Gopal Rai and a journalist on a petition seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against them for allegedly running a coordinated campaign targeting justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.

Lawyer Ashok Chaitanya, who filed the petition, also sought initiation of contempt proceedings against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj. However, a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja said that justice Sharma had already initiated contempt action against them.

The court directed the lawyer to supply the petition to Kejriwal and Bhardwaj and attached the petition with the criminal contempt petition ...