The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to immediately restore the political campaign Cockroach Janta Party’s account on the social media platform X, reported Bar and Bench. Issuing notices to the Union government and X, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said the court would consider the matter after hearing them. They were directed to file their responses within four weeks. Kaurav added that the petition filed by Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the campaign, needed to be “considered holistically” as it could have “far-reaching” implications and “wider ramifications”.The account of the campaign had been blocked on May 21 “in response to a legal demand”. In his petition, Dipke challenged the government’s blocking order, which reportedly cited “national security concerns”. During the hearing, the High Court directed the review committee constituted under the Information Technology Rules to examine the petitioner’s grievance before the next hearing, scheduled for July 6, Live Law reported.The committee is required to meet every two months and is empowered to review blocking orders and direct unblocking if necessary, said the court. It allowed Dipke, who lives in the United States, to seek permission to appear before the review committee through video conferencing.This came after Dipke’s lawyer argued before the court that the account was based on “pure satire”. Even if certain posts were considered objectionable, the entire account did not need to remain blocked, he said, adding that specific posts could be withheld. The court, however, said the law relating to such actions was still at a nascent stage and observed that the present case appeared to be different because “the entire activity per se is slightly offending”.Kaurav also noted that neither the petitioner nor the court had seen the blocking order and said it could only direct X to place it on record after the government filed its reply.About the campaignThe campaign, which began on May 16, describes itself as a “political front of the youth, by the youth, for the youth”.Dipke is a 30-year-old political communications strategist from Pune. He has a background in public relations and journalism, and was part of the Aam Aadmi Party’s social media team.Since it was launched in response to reports of remarks by Chief Justice Surya Kant on May 15 comparing some unemployed youngsters to “cockroaches”, the campaign has garnered 22.5 million followers on Instagram.“There are youngsters like cockroaches, who don’t get any employment or have any place in profession,” PTI had quoted Kant as having said. “Some of them become media, some of them become social media, RTI activists and other activists and they start attacking everyone.”The chief justice claimed on May 16 that he had been misquoted by sections of the media and that it was baseless to say that he criticised young people in general. Kant claimed he had specifically criticised “those who have entered professions like the Bar [legal profession] with the aid of fake and bogus degrees”.Edited by Sneha. Also read: Cockroach Janta Party is doomed to fade fast – unless it goes beyond meme politicsWhy INDIA bloc is welcoming the Cockroach Janta Party – but Congress is not