India, May 29 -- The Delhi high court on Friday declined to immediately direct restoration of the 'X' account of satirical online collective Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), observing that the content on the page appeared "slightly offensive".

A bench of justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav refused to grant interim relief while hearing a petition filed by CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke, saying the matter required "holistic consideration" and that any order would be passed only after hearing the Centre and X.

The court noted that in previous cases it had ordered restoration of accounts while directing temporary blocking of allegedly offending posts. However, in the present matter, after viewing the communication issued by social media platform 'X'...