Delhi Court Issues Fresh Warrants Against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee In 2018 Defamation Case

A Delhi court on Saturday issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case against him linked to a video that he had posted on his channel.

The case was filed by Vikas Sanskrityayan over his video titled ‘BJP IT Cell Part II‘.

Judicial Magistrate First Class South East Rahul Jain issued the fresh warrants on Saturday, October 17, after the court was informed that Rathee’s house was locked during an attempt to serve an earlier summons notice, according to Bar and Bench. 

The matter is listed for hearing on October 31.

What Is The Case?

The case is ties to a complaint filed by Vikas Sanskrityayan, alleging that the video posted by Rathee on his YouTube channel was defamatory in nature. According to the complaint, the video published and

circulated by the YouTuber made several false allegations against the complainant, reported Bar and Bench.

Earlier this week, the court issued fresh summons to Rathee after the complainant had moved an application seeking preponement of the matter.

The preponement was sought after Rathee, who resides in Germany, arrived in India to participate in the protests against the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise and to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

The fresh summons was issued on Monday, October 12.

Dhruv Rathee Joins CJP Protests

Dhruv Rathee arrived in India earlier this month to join the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest over the SIR issue, seeking the rollback of the exercise and the resignation of CEC Gyanesh Kumar.

Rathee has announced a fresh protest in London, asking his supporters to join the agitation outside Parliament Square on Saturday, October 17.

Writing on X, he announced that he had reached London, urging people there to gather at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square at noon on Saturday.