India, May 22 -- Days after Delhi High Court judge, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, initiated criminal contempt case against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders over allegedly defamatory social media posts against her, a fresh petition has been filed, seeking contempt action against the AAP national convenor, accusing him of running a coordinated campaign targeting the judge.

The petition filed by advocate Ashok Chaitanya, following consent by Delhi government's standing counsel (criminal) Sanjeev Bhandari, is listed for hearing on Friday before a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja.

In his petition, which also seeks action against AAP leaders Saurabh Bhardwaj and Gopal Rai, a...