Delhi High Court To Hear On Friday Plea By Abhijeet Dipke Against Blocking Of Cockroach Janta Party's X Account

The Delhi High Court will hear on Friday (May 29) plea by Abhijit Dipke, the founder of 'Cockroach Janata Party' challenging the blocking of the party's X account.

The matter is listed before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav.

'Cockroach Janata Party' is a satirical social media movement which emerged in response to an oral comment made by the CJI during a hearing, where he equated unemployed youth attacking systems under the garb of online activism as 'cockroaches'. The CJI later clarified that he was referring to persons with fake degrees. The social media handles of 'Cockroach Janata Party', which amassed millions of followers within a matter of days, were later suspended.

On Monday, the Chief Justice of India had told a petitioner not to take the 'Cockroach Janata Party' issue so emotionally, when the lawyer orally mentioned a petition concerning it for urgent listing.