New Delhi, May 26 -- Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical digital sensation Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre against the blocking of its social media accounts.

Dipke challenged the suspension of the group's X account, which was withheld in India on May 21, following directions from the Centre and inputs from the Intelligence Bureau that raised "national security concerns." The case will likely be heard this week.

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked the social media platform to take down the account, citing Section 69(A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The law empowers the Union government to restrict access to information if it believes the c...