New Delhi, May 29: The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Union government and social media platform X on a plea filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke challenging the blocking of the party’s X account, according to Bar & Bench.
Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, however, declined to immediately restore the account, observing that the matter involved “far-reaching issues” and “wider ramifications” that required hearing the Centre’s stand first.
The Court directed the Union government to file a comprehensive response within four weeks and listed the matter for hearing on July 6. It also ordered a review of the blocking order by the review committee constituted under the relevant rules governing online content blocking.
According to the report, the Centre had ordered the blocking of the satirical collective’s X account under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act after intelligence inputs raised “national security concerns”.
The advocates appearing for Dipke, argued that the account was “pure satire” and sought interim restoration of the handle. The Court, however, said the law on such issues was still at a nascent stage and declined interim relief for now.
