Delhi HC summons Abhijit Iyer-Mitra in CJP spokesperson’s privacy suit

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued summons to commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, media platform The Pamphlet, legal news outlet Law Beat, and social media accounts The Jaipur Dialogues and The Sunday Guardian on a privacy suit filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das. Das alleged that the defendants disclosed his residential address and personal information online, including a video of his rented home in south Delhi's Greater Kailash-I that received over 2.1 million views. Justice Sachin Datta also issued notice on Das' interim injunction plea and posted the matter for further hearing on September 14. The court was informed that X had already removed posts revealing Das' address.

Das has sought damages of over Rs 2 crore and a permanent injunction barring the defendants from publishing or circulating his residential details. According to the suit, representatives of The Pamphlet allegedly trespassed into his shared premises on August 5 and posted footage on X, which Iyer-Mitra later republished and discussed on a Law Beat programme. Iyer-Mitra's counsel countered that the Supreme Court's Puttaswamy judgment does not extend privacy protection to information such as a residential address. The defendants have been given 10 days to file their replies.