Delhi HC seeks Kejriwal's stand on PIL over court videos circulation, directs removal of clips

NEW DELHI: (Apr 23) The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought the stand of AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, Congress leader Digvijay Singh and others on a PIL seeking contempt action against them for allegedly uploading and sharing clips of court hearing on the former chief minister's plea seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the liquor policy case.

A bench of justices V Kameswar Rao and Manmeet P S Arora issued notice to them on the petition by advocate Vaibhav Singh and directed social media platforms to take down the videos of the April 13 hearing, as unauthorized recording and sharing of court proceedings are prohibited under the high court rules.

Counsel for Meta Platforms and Google said the offending links flagged by the petitioner in his plea have been taken down.