CJP spokesperson Saurav Das. File
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Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das, on Friday (August 21, 2026) approached the Delhi Excessive Court docket in search of motion towards commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra and several other different regulation portals and media platforms for allegedly placing his residential particulars in public area.
In his swimsuit, Mr. Das has sought safety of his proper to privateness, dignity and safety and damages for alleged violation of his privateness rights.
The plaintiff has sought a everlasting and necessary injunction towards Mr. Iyer, X, Google and several other regulation portals and media platforms from publishing, circulating or disclosing his residential particulars and directed them to take away and disable public entry to the movies and posts giving such particulars.
The plea sought a route to X and Google to take down the content material revealing the data.
Mr. Das, in his plea, mentioned he has been dwelling in a rented room in Better Kailash in New Delhi since final yr, and the defendants have unlawfully found, recorded, revealed and repeatedly disseminated his residential handle and different private particulars together with his background, particulars of his dad and mom and sexuality.
He claimed that a number of the defendants trespassed the shared residential premises and recorded its interiors and revealed the footage on social media platform X.
Mr. Das relied on numerous movies posted on social media and claimed that by motive of his journalistic work, disclosures made within the public curiosity and political engagement, he has been subjected to violent threats and focused hostility even prior to now.
He mentioned repeated disclosure and amplification of his exact residential handle create an actual and foreseeable danger of his being subjected to violence at and round his residence.
Printed – August 21, 2026 05:01 pm IST
