The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has deferred the listening to on actor Salman Khan’s plea to halt the discharge of the movie Kala Hiran: The Battle for Authorized till July 6, because the film’s makers confirmed it has not but been submitted for censor board certification.
IMAGE: The Delhi excessive court docket has deferred the listening to on Salman Khan’s plea towards the movie Kala Hiran till July 6. {Photograph}: ANI Photograph
Key Factors
- The movie’s makers assured the court docket that Kala Hiran wouldn’t be despatched to the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) earlier than July 6.
- Salman Khan contends the movie relies on the blackbuck poaching case and violates a excessive court docket order defending his character rights.
- The actor’s plea highlights the movie’s poster, launched on Could 29, exhibits a personality with an “uncanny resemblance” to him, together with his identifiable bracelet.
- Khan beforehand secured an interim order from the excessive court docket in December 2025, defending his character rights towards unauthorised use of his title, pictures, and likeness.
The Delhi excessive court docket on June 1, Wednesday, listed for listening to on July 6 actor Salman Khan’s plea in search of a keep on the discharge of the movie Kala Hiran: The Battle for Authorized, because it famous that the film was but to be despatched to the censor board for certification for its launch.
Justice Jyoti Singh deferred the listening to after noting {that a} rejoinder filed by the filmstar was not on file.
Arguments in Courtroom
As Khan’s senior counsel argued that pressing instructions had been required within the matter to avert the discharge within the meantime, the lawyer showing for the makers of Kala Hiran mentioned the movie wouldn’t be despatched to the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) until Monday (July 6).
“Can a film be launched earlier than the censor board’s certification? A film can’t be launched except there may be certification by the censor board. The film has not even been despatched to the censor board. We is not going to ship the film to the censor board until Monday,” he submitted.
Khan’s Allegations and Earlier Orders
Khan had moved the excessive court docket final month, contending that the movie was purportedly primarily based on the blackbuck poaching case allegedly involving the actor and was in violation of a excessive court docket order defending his character rights. The appliance is a part of the 59-year-old Khan’s lawsuit for cover of his character rights.
Within the plea, the actor has mentioned the movie’s poster, launched on Could 29, exhibits that there’s a “blatant and apparent reference” to him.
A teaser of the movie was additionally launched final month.
The plea has acknowledged that though Khan was acquitted of offences below the Arms Act by a court docket in Rajasthan, the principle character within the poster is holding a gun, which is defamatory.
“The character depicted has an uncanny resemblance to the plaintiff and is clearly seen carrying a bracelet, which is straight away and promptly identifiable with the plaintiff and nobody else,” acknowledged the applying.
“The poster and the proposed movie are due to this fact clearly spreading a false narrative, deceptive and look like fully opposite to the precise state of affairs and opposite to data,” it added.
The appliance has additionally accused the filmmakers of intentionally making an attempt to “sensationalise” the poaching instances and making headlines to seize public consideration at the price of Khan’s goodwill and status.
Salman Khan had earlier approached the excessive court docket for restraining varied social media platforms and e-commerce web sites from unauthorisedly utilizing his title, pictures, persona and likeness and to guard his character rights. The excessive court docket handed an interim order in his favour on December 11, 2025.
Precedent for Character Rights
A number of public figures, like actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan, Artwork of Dwelling founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, journalist Sudhir Chaudhary and podcaster Raj Shamani, had earlier approached the excessive court docket in search of safety of their character and publicity rights.
The excessive court docket granted them interim reduction. Lately, the excessive court docket additionally protected the character rights of politician Shashi Tharoor, cricketer Gautam Gambhir and actors Sonakshi Sinha, Vivek Oberoi, Arun Kapoor, Varun Dhawan and Allu Arjun by granting interim reduction.
