Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, X Response On Blocked Cockroach Janta Party Account | NewsX

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]talking some other news as well, and we'll require your inputs for that. The Delhi High Court has issued a notice on a plea filed by Abhijit Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janata Party, challenging the blocking of the party's official X, or formerly Twitter, account. The bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Gaurav took up the matter and directed issuance of notice to the concerned authorities.

[00:00:26]So, Sambhav, this is another matter that was taken up by the Delhi High Court. Uh it was a notice on a plea filed by Abhijit Dipke. If you can give us some more details on that front, please.

[00:00:39]>> Well, this petition was moved by Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijit Abhishek Abhijit Dipke.

[00:00:47]And the petition was regarding challenging the blocking of this CGP's X account. Here, the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union Government and and X.

[00:01:00]And so, for Union Government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta was present in the Delhi High Court. And here, the Delhi High Court Judge Justice Purushaindra Kumar Gaurav has declined to immediately order any restoration of this particular X account of Cockroach Janata Party CGP. And the court has said that it can grant such relief only after hearing government's side. Since the issue has far-reaching consequences. So, this important remark, the oral observation of the Delhi High Court, is important here. See, the Delhi High Court has said the issue has far-reaching consequences. And the judges remark that there may be some substance in your submission, as in the submission of the petitioner, but they all need to be considered. They will be considered holistically after hearing the other side as in the side of the government of India.

[00:02:05]>> Right, Sambhav. In fact, stay on with us, Sambhav. We have some more information flowing our way in this case where in the Delhi High Court senior advocate Akhil Sibal strongly argued that the Kokroach Janata Party's posts were nothing but pure satire. He added that the authorities must disclose the reasons for blocking the party's excellent account stating that even the court should not be kept in the dark about the grounds of the action.

[00:02:31]So, Sambhav, we have a senior advocate Akhil Sibal also arguing strongly and saying that the Kokroach Janata Party's posts were pure satire and they've had no reasons to block their account.

[00:02:47]>> Yes, these were the submissions made by the petitioner's side. Senior advocate Akhil Sibal appeared for the petitioner here in this case and he called these remarks as satire and but the Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Union government. It is to be seen what the Union government says when the matter comes for hearing in the Delhi High Court.

[00:03:13]>> All right. Thank you so much, Sambhav, for all those details on that front.

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