Delhi Court Orders Service at Rathee’s Gurugram Address
Dhruv Rathee summons
New summons have been issued by a Delhi court for YouTuber Dhruv Rathee.
The order is related to the defamation case of 2018.
The order was given by Judge Rahul Jain on October 12.
The court considered the application made by the complainant.
Vikas Sankrityayan is known as Vikas Pandey.
In the past, summons were issued in July 2019.
But many efforts to serve summons did not succeed.
As per the complainant, Rathee usually lived abroad.
However, Rathee allegedly moved to Gurugram now, according to the complainant.
Thus, the court directed summons to be issued at his new address.
The court also permitted complainant to accompany police or process server.
The next hearing has been fixed for October 17.
What is this Defamation Case about?
The case is related to a video uploaded by Rathee in May 2018.
In the said video, allegations were raised by Rathee related to BJP’s IT cell.
Rathee claimed that members of IT cell were bribing him to defame Rathee.
Later, Arvind Kejriwal, the then CM of Delhi, retweeted the video.
Then Pandey filed the case in the court for reputational damage.
However, it is just an allegation in the defamation case.
Why Were Fresh Summons Issued By the Court?
Samaksh Sharma, counsel for the complainant, made known the problems faced before.
According to him, frequent trips abroad by Rathee were creating problems in serving.
But now, as per reports, Rathee is residing in India.
Moreover, he pointed out that Rathee had visited Delhi recently.
As per reports, Rathee had gone to a protest rally against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Reports suggest that he was arrested in Gurugram on October 10.
They suggest that he was released at 3 am on October 11.
Fresh summons were issued at his address in Gurugram.
