The Delhi government's Additional Standing Counsel (Criminal), Amol Sinha, has granted consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Ratna Singh, the legal affairs head of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), news agency IANS reported.

The matter pertains to comments Ratna Singh made on social media about a Judicial Magistrate at the Saket Court. She alleged that the judicial officer was "serving the master" and acting on instructions from an external authority.