New Delhi, May 15 -- Delhi high court judge Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Thursday initiated contempt proceedings against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and four other AAP leaders - Manish Sisodia, Durgesh Pathak, Sanjay Singh and Saurabh Bhardwaj - over allegedly defamatory and vilifying material posted against her on social media. She then withdrew from hearing both the contempt matter and appeal by the Central Bureau of Investigation against Kejriwal's discharge in the Delhi excise policy case. Justice Sharma said the law did not permit a judge who initiates contempt to continue hearing the underlying case. .P4...