New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- A Delhi court has ordered fresh summons to YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation complaint, taking note of the complainant's submission that repeated efforts to serve him had not succeeded since the proceedings began.

Judicial Magistrate Rahul Jain of the Saket court passed the order on October 12 while allowing an application filed by complainant Vikas Sankrityayan, also known as Vikas Pandey, seeking an early hearing and permission to serve the summons personally.

The complainant's counsel, advocate Samaksh Sharma, told the court that the summons had remained unserved for several years as Rathee primarily lives abroad. The court was, however, informed that Rathee is presently in India and residing at an addr...