The Delhi High Court on Monday (August 24) issued summonses to commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, media outlet The Pamphletlegal news platform Law Beatalong with social media accounts The Jaipur Dialogues and The Sunday Guardian following a suit filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das alleging that his residential address and personal information were put in public domains by the defendants.
The High Court also issued notice with regard to Das’ plea seeking an interim injunction application. During the hearing by Justice Sachin Datta, the court was informed that the posts on X revealing Das’ address have been taken down.
Court seeks replies from defendants
“Who is appearing for X? These links have been taken down? These links are no longer active?” asked the court as quoted by the Bar and Bench. The counsel appearing for X confirmed the development following which the High Court posted the matter on September 14. The defendants were asked to file replies within 10 days.
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Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das has sought damages of over ₹2 crore for alleged violation of his privacy, besides permanent injunctions against Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, The Pamphlet, Law Beat, The Jaipur Dialogues and The Sunday Guardian.
Das also sought orders restraining the defendants from publishing, circulating or disclosing his residential address and directing them to remove videos and posts containing the information. Similar directions have been sought against X Corp and Google to take down the content and prevent its further dissemination.
Alleged disclosure of residential address
According to his plea, Das has lived in a rented ground-floor room at a Greater Kailash-I property since early 2025. Representatives of The Pamphlet allegedly trespassed into the shared premises, recorded its interiors and posted the footage on X on August 5.
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The video allegedly disclosed his address and received over 2.1 million views. It was republished on August 10.
Das alleged that Iyer-Mitra later disclosed his address during a Law Beat programme, naming his neighbour and incorrectly stating the rent at around Rs 7 lakh a month. He said Iyer-Mitra subsequently published multiple posts containing the information.
Das cites security concerns
Das said he filed a police complaint on August 5 and informed the defendants about security risks, but the disclosures continued.
“Nevertheless, the Plaintiff’s Residential Information continued to be published and recirculated by the Defendants. The repeated disclosures, viewed together with the Plaintiff’s prior exposure to violent threats, materially increases the possibility of his home being located by hostile persons and expose the Plaintiff, his family members other occupants of the premises to intimidation, harassment and physical violence,” the suit stated.