HC reserves order on Salman Khan's plea against Civil Court in defamation case

The Bombay High Court has reserved its order on a plea filed by actor Salman Khan against a Mumbai court order refusing to issue him an interim relief in a defamation case filed by him against his Panvel farmhouse neighbour Ketan KakkarSessions Court had earlier refused to pass a restraining order against his neighbour Ketan Kakkars post which Salman moved the Bombay High Court On Tuesday the High Court after hearing the matter reserved its orderIn August this year Salman filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court against the Sessions Courts earlier order which refused to pass a restraining order against his Panvel farmhouse neighbour NRI Ketan KakkarAlso read Delhi Police nabs Juvenile tasked to eliminate Salman KhanIn his plea before the High Court Salman said that Ketan has made several social media posts against him which were defamatory in natureHe added that Ketans posts are not only defamatory and derogatory against him but also communally biased and create a communal divideEarlier in March the Sessions Court refused to pass an injunction order against Ketan in the defamation case filed by Salman for the formers social media postsThe verdict of Sessions Court Judge AH Laddhad was pronounced on March 23 the detailed order of which came laterThe verdict noted that Ketan had placed on record evidence like complaints and showcause notices to Salman about the allegations of encroachments by the actor in his Panvel property the 100acre farm in the public interest as a whistleblowerNotably Kakkar has claimed that in or around 1995 he and his wife had acquired purchased a certain plot of land near Salmans farmhouse for constructing a house ashram temple etcKakkar also claimed that the plot of land allotted to him was allegedly cancelled by the Maharashtra forest department at the behest and in collusion with Khan and also said that the entry and exit to his plot of land were illegally acquired and blocked by constructing a gateHe also claimed that he had constructed an ecofriendly Ganesh Temple access to the same also was allegedly blocked and the said temple is grabbedusurped by Salmans familySalman in his complaint contended that in fact the defendants are inciting communal violence and HinduMuslim hatred by making provocative baseless and false statements based on religion which are absolutely irrelevant and absurdThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever