India, Oct. 18 -- A Delhi court has issued bailable warrants against YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 defamation case filed by Vikas Sankrityayan, also known as Vikas Pandey, after a process server reported that the YouTuber's residence was found locked during an attempt to serve the summons.

The court took note of the process server's report and issued bailable warrants against Rathee. The matter has now been listed for further hearing on October 31.

The development comes days after the court issued fresh summons to Rathee at his Gurugram address following a plea by the complainant seeking expeditious service of the court process. The complainant's counsel had submitted that earlier attempts to serve Rathee had remained unsuccessful for...