Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan has filed Short Cause civil suit against his Panvel farmouse neighbour Ketan Kakkad and others before the City Civil Court for interim orders to restrain them from making “false, disparaging and defamatory allegations in videos/posts/tweets’’ which the actor claimed is causing him and his family members“ grave harm, loss and prejudice’’.

Khan’s lawyer Pradeep Ghandy sought urgent ad-interim relief on Friday before the court. However, Advocates Abha Singh and Aditya Pratap appearing for Kakkad opposed such a plea and others sought time to take instructions and file their replies as they said the copy of his plaint was served on them only on Thursday.

The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Anil Laddhad adjourned the hearing to 20th January 2022and directed the Defendants to file their replies by then.

Mumbai: “Reputation and honour are no less precious to good men than bodily safety and freedom,” said city civil court judge C V Marathe on Wednesday temporarily restraining an actor and film critic from making any statements, videos, posts or reposting and republishing any defamatory content against Bollywood actor Salman Khan, his family and production company.

The actor filed an application to restrain critic, Kamaal R Khan and nine others from making defamatory posts or publications, including about his film ‘Radhe’. His counsel Pradeep Gandhy submitted that there's no restriction on commenting on a film or cast's performance, but “personal allegations against Salman Khan are baseless”.

The defendant’s counsel Manoj Gadkari “vehemently” argued that Salman Khan should as a public figure be open to criticism and that the critic “had merely expressed his opinion about ‘Radhe movie’…’’