- The Bombay City Civil Court on Wednesday refused to grant interim relief to Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who has filed defamation suit against his Panvel farmhouse neighbour Ketan Kakkad and others. Additional sessions judge Anil H Laddhad rejected the notice of motion filed by the actor in his suit, seeking injunction against Kakkad and others, restraining them from making any derogatory comments or post any interviews on social media platforms about the actor or the activities at his farm house in Panvel.
- They maintained that Kakkad had made some statements in public interest for protection of the environment, which is part of fundamental right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. He alleged that the actor and family had carried out illegal construction on the Arpita Farms which is prohibited by law.
- Salman had claimed that Kakkad had made degrading statement about him and his family in a Facebook live which was posted on the YouTube channel ‘Phogat Film’.
- Kakkad claimed that he had purchased a plot of 2.5 acres next to Khan’s farmhouse ‘Arpita Farms’ in 1996. Khan claimed that the forest department cancelled Kakkad’s allotment but the latter is now blaming him and his family. Kakkad’s advocates claimed that Kakkad hasn’t been able to access his lands since 2014, allegedly due to Khan and his family. Kakkad returned from the USA to settle in India in 2014.
