# Delhi HC gives Kejriwal, AAP leaders 4 weeks in contempt case 2026-09-21T22:52:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The Delhi High Court on Monday granted four weeks to former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders to file replies in a criminal contempt case over social media posts targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Arun Bhardwaj listed the next hearing for November 16. It also allowed Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Saurabh Bharadwaj, Vinay Mishra and Durgesh Pathak to approach the judicial registrar for documents that had not yet been supplied to them. Justice Sharma had initiated contempt proceedings on May 14 over allegedly defamatory posts concerning her handling of the Delhi excise policy case. She later withdrew from the case. A separate contempt petition by lawyer Ashok Chaitanya against Kejriwal and others has also been listed for November 16. On February 27, a trial court discharged Kejriwal and 21 others in the excise policy case, a ruling the CBI has challenged. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report the same hearing identically: a Delhi High Court bench granted four weeks to Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and other AAP leaders to reply in a criminal contempt case over social media posts targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The next hearing is November 16. Neither source adds editorial framing. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The key development is that the contempt case and the underlying excise policy case remain active parallel tracks, with a trial court having discharged the accused on February 27 and the CBI challenging that discharge in a separate appeal. The November 16 hearing will test both the contempt proceedings and whether the accused get the documents they say are missing. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com - hindustantimes.com Tags: Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi High Court, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Swarana Kanta Sharma Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-hc-gives-kejriwal-aap-leaders-4-weeks-in-contempt-case/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-hc-gives-kejriwal-aap-leaders-4-weeks-in-contempt-case/#story-in-brief