A Mumbai court has temporarily restrained actor and self-proclaimed film critic Kamal Rashid Khan, aka KRK, from publishing defamatory content against film producer Vashu Bhagnani. The court stated KRK has “no absolute right” to damage the latter’s reputation under the guise of a movie review in the public domain. KRK has been barred from posting defamatory content on Vashu Bhagnani. What was Vashu Bhagnani’s complaint Vashu Bhagnani had moved court in 2021 against KRK, claiming that he was running a “well-orchestrated smear campaign” against him by posting “grossly defamatory, slanderous, and distasteful” tweets and videos. The filmmaker sought that until his defamation suit was settled, KRK be prohibited from posting further defamatory content against him. The court of civil judge Amit A. Laulkar asked KRK to delete or withdraw the “offending allegations” mentioned in the legal motion. However, it denied the prayer for an unconditional apology, stating that such a mandate requires detailed evidence typically handled at the final trial stage. The court’s ruling The judge underscored that “the right to speech of one person …