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Saket Court Issues Bailable Warrant Against Dhruv Rathee In 2018 Defamation Case
- •Delhi's Saket Court has issued a bailable warrant against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in an 8-year-old defamation case.
- •The case stems from a 2018 complaint filed by Vikas Sankrityayan, also known as Vikas Pandey, regarding a video titled BJP IT Cell Part-2.
- •Complainant representatives stated that summons were physically served and pasted outside Dhruv Rathee's Gurugram residence after he refused to accept them.
- •Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had previously apologized in connection with the same video, terminating proceedings against him while the case against Dhruv Rathee continued.
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Delhi's Saket Court issued a bailable warrant against Dhruv Rathee in connection with an 8-year-old criminal defamation case filed in 2018. The complaint, registered as case number Ct. Cases No. 5786/2018 by Vikas Sankrityayan alias Vikas Pandey, stems from Rathee's video titled 'BJP IT Cell Part-2'.
The court allowed a fresh process to send summons to Dhruv Rathee's Gurugram residence, permitting the complainant to accompany the process server. Advocate Sushant Kumar physically visited Rathee's house to deliver the notice, and after Rathee refused to accept it, the notice was pasted outside with the help of the society's security guard.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was originally connected to the same case and apologized before the Supreme Court for retweeting the controversial video. Following his apology, the criminal defamation proceedings against Kejriwal were formally terminated, whereas the legal proceedings against Dhruv Rathee continued.
