A Delhi court has issued fresh summons to YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case allegedly linked to a video about the BJP IT Cell.
Noting that repeated attempts to serve him had remained unsuccessful for several years, the court directed that the summons be served at his address in Gurugram, Haryana. Judicial Magistrate Rahul Jain of the Saket court issued the order on October 12 while considering an application by the complainant, Vikas Sankrityayan, popularly known as Vikas Pandey, who sought an early hearing and permission to personally serve the summons, news agency ANI reported.
However, the court was informed that the YouTuber is currently in India and staying at a residence in Gurugram, Haryana. The court summons were issued days after Rathee was detained from his residence in Gurugram on October 10, the day CJP had announced a protest in Delhi. He was later released in the early hours of Sunday, October 11, around 3 AM.
Because rathee mainly resides abroad, advocate Samaksh Sharma, appearing for the complainant, submitted that repeated attempts to serve the summons had failed over the years.
Taking note of the submissions and the case records, the magistrate observed that Rathee had first been summoned in July 2019. 1 (Rathee) since the last several years… The court subsequently ordered that fresh summons be issued at the Gurugram address submitted by the complainant. It also granted permission for Pandey to accompany the process server during the delivery of the court notice.
The court order observed that, “From the available record, it is clear that the complainant has been trying to serve the accused no, according to news agency PTI.
