Overview
- The Delhi High Court allowed CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke’s petition on Tuesday and directed X to restore the party’s original account, saying the government’s stated basis for the block no longer existed.
- Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the court the account was withheld before the June 21 NEET re‑exam because some posts could have caused confusion among students and parents, and the Centre said it had no objection to unblocking now.
- The handle was first withheld in India on May 21 after the satirical Cockroach Janta Party rapidly gained followers; the group kept communicating through a replacement account and staged protests and a hunger strike over exam leaks.
- Rights groups and the petitioner note earlier claims that the block followed Intelligence Bureau inputs and used Section 69A, and lawyers for CJP argued the government never produced a public blocking order or specific reasons for the full account ban.
- The ruling reasserts judicial oversight of platform takedowns and leaves open pressing questions about transparency in takedown orders, how Section 69A is applied, and whether platforms will promptly restore the account and publish the blocking record.