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SC issues notice on PIL raising concerns over viral ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ campaign
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The petition specifically refers to the rise of the satirical social media campaign titled "Cockroach Janta Party" (CJP), alleging that the controversy surrounding oral observations made during a Supreme Court hearing was converted into "digitally marketable content, political symbolism, viral commodities, and monetised spectacle".
According to the plea, the campaign rapidly developed into a large-scale digital movement, with courtroom remarks allegedly being selectively clipped, circulated and transformed into memes and viral content.
It has sought safeguards against "organised commercial exploitation", trademark-commercialisation, monetised viral circulation, meme-based distortion and algorithmically amplified digital commodification of oral courtroom proceedings and institutional constitutional discourse.
The plea further seeks appropriate directions for an investigation into activities allegedly involving monetisation, branding and digital propagation of controversies arising from oral observations made during court proceedings.
The petition had alleged that the courtroom interaction was "selectively clipped, meme-ified, mimicked, commercially circulated, and transformed into viral digital content".