CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke Moves Delhi High Court Against Blocking of CJP’s X Account Over National Security Concerns

New Delhi: Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Central government’s order blocking the party’s X account, which was withheld citing national security concerns.

The petition has been filed through Advocate Nakul Gandhi of NG Law Chambers and is likely to be heard this week.

According to reports, the Central government ordered the blocking of the CJP’s X account following inputs from the Intelligence Bureau raising concerns related to national security. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology directed X to withhold the account under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Background

The Cockroach Janta Party emerged earlier this month as a satirical online movement that gained traction across social media platforms, particularly among younger users. The movement has since grown to hundreds of thousands of followers on X and over 22 million followers on Instagram.

The collective was founded by Dipke, a resident of Boston, USA, and uses political satire to comment on issues such as unemployment, institutional accountability, and media freedom.

The movement traces its origins to Supreme Court proceedings held on May 15, during which a Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant expressed concerns over unemployed young lawyers drifting away from legal practice toward social media and RTI activism.

“There are youngsters like cockroaches who are not getting employment in the profession. Some are on social media, some become RTI activists,” the CJI had remarked.

The CJI subsequently clarified that his observations were directed at individuals entering professions through forged qualifications and fake degrees, and not at unemployed young Indians generally.

Case Details

• Court: High Court of Delhi
• Nature of Matter: Challenge to the Central government’s order directing X to withhold the CJP account under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, on grounds of national security
• Petitioner: Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party
• Petitioner’s Advocate: Nakul Gandhi, NG Law Chambers
• Statutory Provision: Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000
• Authority That Issued the Blocking Order: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology