Court rejects Salman Khan’s plea against neighbour

Salman Khan

In a key development in one of the most avidly watched pre-trials, a Mumbai court rejected a notice of motion filed by Salman Khan seeking a gag order on his NRI neighbour Ketan R Kakkad from posting any content on social media.

Khan sought an interim injunction barring Kakkad from posting or uploading any objectionable content about alleged violations of laws being committed at the actor's 100-acre farmhouse in Panvel, Raigad.

Though the families enjoyed cordial relations for years, the situation changed after 2014, when the elderly couple returned from the US for good to build an eco-friendly Lord Ganesha temple, small cottage, and an ashram at their plot.

Owing to certain "encumbrances" and obstacles like a massive gate created by Khan, the Kakkads were allegedly prevented from accessing their own plot for the past few years.

They said prior to 2014, the two families regularly hosted each other, went jogging and fishing at a nearby rivulet, but now the Kakkads have not been able to visit their land for several years, even to pray at their temple. The electricity connection to their land was snapped by certain local officials.

Stung by the unexpected change in the Khans' stance, the Kakkads approached all departments concerned like Revenue, Forests, the local police and even the local courts seeking justice, besides venting his ire in public.

It is reported that the Kakkads took to social media platforms to highlight how alleged illegal constructions were carried out in the eco-sensitive area, violating provisions of the Matheran Eco-Sensitive Zone, causing great harm to the environment.

Khan's lawyers put up Kakkad's purported statements on "child trafficking, drug trafficking, graveyard, girlfriends", and sought to gag him to the point of not speaking about the actor's Panvel farmhouse.

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