India, May 22 -- 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.

The petition, filed by lawyer Ashok Chaitanya, had also sought contempt action against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj. However, a bench of justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja noted that justice Sharma had already initiated contempt proceedings against them and notice had already been issued in that matter.

The bench observed that issuing notice again would amount to "multiplying the case".

"On almost similar alleg...