Delhi High Court Told That Social Media Posts Against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Have Be

Journalist Saurav Das and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Gopal Rai have deleted social media posts against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, the Delhi High Court was told on Tuesday.Advocate Ashok Chaitanya, who filed criminal contempt of court case against Das, Kejriwal and other AAP leaders, said that the offending social media posts have been removed.Chaitanya told a Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja today that even though the material appeared to have been deleted, he has digital records with him. “They [respondents] appear to have deleted the material which I have placed reliance on. But I recorded. That is available with me… I may be allowed to place the electronic record,” he requested the Court.The Bench allowed the request.  Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder DudejaWhile Chaitanya did not specify in Court about which contemnors he was referring to, when Bar & Bench contacted him, he said he was referring to Das, Kejriwal, Sisodia and Gopal Rai.However, Bar & Bench found that the posts were still available online. One of the main grounds in Chaitanya’s contempt case is a post made by Das on X and AAP leaders’ response to that post. On April 9, Das raised allegations of conflict of interest on Justice Sharma’s part as she was hearing the CBI’s challenge to Kejriwal, Sisodia and others’ discharge in the excise policy case. Das said that Ju