{
  "id": 17377882,
  "title": "Delhi Court Issues Fresh Bailable Warrant Against Dhruv Rathee In 8-Year-Old Defamation Case, Seeks Gurugram Address",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/delhi-court-issues-fresh-bailable-warrant-against-dhruv-rathee-in-8",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T09:36:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/delhi-court-issues-fresh-bailable-warrant-against-dhruv-rathee-in-8-year-old-defamation-case-seeks-gurugram-address"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Delhi court issued a fresh bailable warrant against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee on Saturday in an eight-year-old criminal defamation case filed by Vikas Pandey. The court stated that the new warrant will be issued at Rathee's address in Gurugram. The warrant was issued after previous summonses could not be served as the premises of Rathee's residence were found locked. However, the warrant issued on October 17, 2023, could not be served as it was found to be issued to an incorrect address in Austria. The court was informed that Rathee had already left India. The next hearing in the case is scheduled for November 23. The case pertains to a video titled BJP IT Cell Part 2, which allegedly defamed Pandey. Pandey claimed that the retweet of the video by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal in 2018 had tarnished his reputation. Kejriwal later acknowledged making a mistake by retweeting the video. The proceedings against Rathee had remained pending since 2019 due to difficulties in serving summons on him while he was absent from India.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday issued a fresh bailable warrant against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in an eight-year-old criminal defamation case filed by Vikas Pandey. The Saket court passed the order, stating that the new warrant will be issued at his Gurugram address. Also Watch: The court had issued a bailable warrant against the YouTuber on October 17, after being informed that previous…",
  "key_points": [
    "Delhi court issues fresh bailable warrant against Dhruv Rathee.",
    "Warrant issued at Rathee's address in Gurugram.",
    "Next hearing scheduled for November 23."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The court's attempt to serve a new warrant at a Gurugram address marks a renewed effort to resolve long-standing legal proceedings stalled by the defendant's residence being inaccessible.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/police-registered-culpable-homicide-case-apprehend-two-over-delhi",
        "published": "2026-10-31T07:35:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Delhi court issues fresh bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018 defemation case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/delhi-court-issues-fresh-bailable-warrants-against-youtuber-dhruv",
        "published": "2026-10-31T08:26:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}