During a hearing of a defamation case filed by Salman Khan against his Panvel farmhouse neighbours, the Bombay High Court, on Thursday, observed that access to social media does not permit individuals to publish content that could defame others. Be it private citizens or celebrities, the Court noted. The Bombay HC even asked the neighbour to delete the posts.

Salman Khan's neighbour asked to delete social media posts

According to a Bar and Bench report, a single-judge bench of Justice Sharmila Deshmukh, while hearing an appeal filed by Khan, against a civil court order refusing to grant him interim relief in a defamation suit he filed against his neighbour Ketan Kakkad. The actor has sued his neighbour over tweets and YouTube videos concerning a property dispute.