Overview
- The High Court orally told Ketan Kakkad on June 11 to consider deleting tweets and YouTube videos about his Panvel property dispute with Salman Khan and listed the appeal for further hearing on July 6, 2026.
- Justice Sharmila Deshmukh said access to social media does not give anyone the right to post material that could defame a person and urged the parties to pursue remedies in court rather than on digital platforms.
- The bench noted that content uploaded by third parties can be taken down by directing intermediaries and pointed out that major platforms named in the suit—Facebook, X, Google and YouTube—are formally joined to the case.
- The underlying dispute concerns about 2.5 acres of adjoining hilltop land in Panvel, with Kakkad alleging environmental breaches and blocked access and Salman Khan denying those claims and calling some posts communally provocative.
- A lower civil court in 2022 refused interim relief for Khan after finding documentary material supporting Kakkad and treating his disclosures as public‑interest, a finding that Khan has appealed to the High Court.