Salman Khan Defamation Case: Salman Khan’s appeal against a Mumbai court decision declining to grant him interim relief in a defamation action he filed against his Panvel farmhouse neighbor, Ketan Kakkar, has been heard by the Bombay High Court, which has reserved its decision.
A restraining order against his neighbor Ketan Kakkar’s post had previously been rejected by Sessions Court, prompting Salman to file a petition with the Bombay High Court. After hearing the case on Tuesday, the High Court reserved its decision.
Salman Khan Defamation Case
Salman appealed the Sessions Court’s earlier decision not to issue a restraining order against his NRI neighbor Ketan Kakkar at his Panvel farmhouse in August of this year before the Bombay High Court.
Salman claimed that Ketan had made multiple defamatory postings against him on social media in his petition to the High Court. He continued by saying that Ketan’s statements are not only defamatory and disparaging of him but also racially biased and cause division in the community.
In a previous defamation action brought by Salman due to the former’s social media remarks, the Sessions Court declined to issue an injunction order against Ketan in March.
On March 23, Sessions Court Judge AH Laddhad delivered his decision; the specifics of the decision’s order followed.
As a “whistle-blower,” Ketan had filed complaints and show-cause notices against Salman about claims that the actor had encroached on his property, a 100-acre farm in Panvel, in the public interest. This was underlined in the decision.
Notably, Kakkar has asserted that he and his wife bought a specific parcel of land close to Salman’s farmhouse in 1995 or thereabouts intending to build a home, ashram, temple, etc.
In addition, Kakkar asserted that the Maharashtra forest department had annulled the piece of land it had granted him at Khan’s request and with his cooperation. He also claimed that a gate had been erected to prevent the entrance and exit of his plot of land, which had been illegally acquired.
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