Allahabad HC Dismisses PIL on ?Anti-National Activities? of CJP

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation seeking a probe into alleged "anti-national activities" of Cockroach Janta Party and its use of social media platforms to incite youth. 

The petitioner sought to withdraw the plea after the court raised questions over its territorial jurisdiction. A vacation bench comprising Justices Shekhar B Saraf and Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary passed the order on a criminal PIL filed by petitioner S Vignesh Shishir.

The petitioner levelled allegations against Abhijeet Dipke, a Pune native currently



residing in the United States, claiming that he had founded an unregistered organisation called "Cockroach Janta Party" that was allegedly involved in anti-national activities through foreign funding. 

The plea sought a comprehensive investigation by the National Investigation Agency and the Enforcement Directorate. 

The petitioner also alleged that several handles on social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, WhatsApp, Telegram and X were being used to influence and incite the country's youth and sought directions to the Centre to immediately block or shut down such accounts.