High Court summons Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, others in privacy suit by CJP’s Saurav Das

The Delhi High Court on Monday summoned political commentator Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, media portals The Pamphlet, Law Beat and The Sunday Guardian, and social media account The Jaipur Dialogues in a privacy suit filed by Cockroach Janta Party Spokesperson Saurav Das against his residential address and other personal information being revealed online, Bar and Bench reported.

The defendants have been asked to file their replies within 10 days.

The counsel for Das alleged that persons from The Pamphlet entered his client’s shared home in Delhi without permission on August 5, and recorded and posted a video showing parts of the property on social media platform X. The video was reposted by Iyer-Mitra, the lawyer alleged.

Das has sought damages of more than Rs 2 crore for alleged violations of his privacy, dignity and security, Live Law reported.

The posts on X that showed Das’ address had been removed, Live Law reported. However, the lawyer urged that the posts, removed by X under the platform’s policy, should not be restored.

The suit also asks the court to stop the defendants from publishing, sharing or disclosing his residential address, and to remove videos and posts containing the information from public access.

Further, Das has sought directions to platforms X and Google to take down such content, and prevent the information from disseminating further.

The suit states that the video posted by The Pamphlet showing his...

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