NEW DELHI, OCT 17 — A Delhi court issued a bailable warrant against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in connection with a long-pending 2018 criminal defamation complaint. The directive was passed after court officials reported that process servers were unable to deliver summons as his Gurugram residence was found locked.
Judicial Magistrate Rahul Jain issued the warrant during proceedings on Saturday in a matter filed by BJP IT cell member Vikas Pandey over content published on Rathee’s video platform.
“The complainant had been trying to serve the summons for several years,” the court noted during earlier proceedings when fresh notices were directed to his Haryana location.
Advocate Samaksh Sharma, representing the complainant, maintained before the bench that the respondent typically resides in Austria and had traveled to India recently to attend public demonstrations in the national capital.
| Legal Proceeding Detail | Status / Order |
| Court Action | Bailable warrant issued |
| Case Origin | 2018 criminal defamation complaint |
| Complainant | BJP IT cell member Vikas Pandey |
| Process Status | Summons unserved due to locked residence |
| Next Court Date | October thirty-one |
The legal matter traces back to July 2019 when initial summons were first issued in the case. With the court now issuing a bailable warrant to secure attendance, further directions and a detailed order are expected as the bench adjourned the matter until October thirty-one.
