India, Oct. 30 -- The Madras high court on Friday issued notices to the Union government and Saurav Das, co-convenor of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), in a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a probe into his nationality and the cancellation of his passport and Aadhaar card if he is found not to be an Indian citizen.

A bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan sought responses from the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) and Das on a petition filed by Chennai-based businessman R Ganesh Kumar.

The petitioner has also sought directions to block Das's X and Instagram accounts and restrain him from making derogatory statements against Supreme Court judges.

HT has reached out to Das to seek his ...