YouTuber Dhruv Rathee faces court warrants over 2018 video targeting BJP IT cell
A Delhi court has issued bailable warrants for YouTuber Dhruv Rathee regarding a 2018 defamation case involving the BJP's IT cell. Rathee is also facing separate legal challenges concerning content related to Hindu religious figures.
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Reflects the ongoing legal scrutiny of digital content creators and the intersection of social media commentary with Indian defamation laws.
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case, news agency PTI reported.The case stems from a video published by Rathee in May 2018, in which he allegedly claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Information Technology cell had attempted to bribe a man to defame him. The video was posted on Rathee’s social media account and later retweeted by Arvind Kejriwal, who was then the Delhi chief minister.The complainant, Vikas Sankrityayan, also known as Vikas Pandey, subsequently initiated defamation proceedings against Rathee and Kejriwal over the video and its circulation.Earlier, on October 12, Judicial Magistrate Rahul Jain of the Saket court ordered fresh summons to Rathee after the complainant submitted that repeated attempts to serve him had remained unsuccessful since the proceedings began.The complainant’s counsel, advocate Samaksh Sharma, told the court that the summons had remained unserved for several years…
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