Delhi government grants consent for contempt case against CJP’s Ratna Singh for posts about judge

The Delhi government has granted consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Cockroach Janta Party legal affairs head Ratna Singh for her social media posts about a judge of the Saket District Court, Live Law reported on Wednesday.

Singh had approached the Saket court seeking a first information report against police personnel who allegedly wrongfully detained her and prevented her from a protest called by the Cockroach Janta Party to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on October 10.

The court had rejected her petition.

Following the hearing, Singh posted on social media that the judge was “serving the master” and had taken several breaks during the proceedings. In another post, she alleged that both the Delhi Police and the judge were following orders from an unidentified “master”, Bar and Bench reported.

Judge serving the master. Went for break/meeting 4 times during entire hearing. Order without any application of law.

Welcome to new India, where Sarkar can put 30 police personnel confining you & then say we won coz armless people couldn’t come to the protest site.

Irony is… https://t.co/SosmVKcgBK— Ratna Singh (@whattalawyer) October 10, 2026

On Monday, the Delhi government’s counsel, Amol Sinha, said Singh’s remarks questioned the judge’s independence and could undermine public confidence in the judicial system.

Sinha said there was a difference between criticising a court order...

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