Bombay High Court Pauses Imran Khan's Leave India Notice Until November 2

The Foreigners Regional Registration Office, or FRRO, issued an October 14 notice directing actor Imran Khan to leave India, according to Legal News India.

Times now reported that the notice followed his detention during the Cockroach Janata Party's protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar. Khan denied participating in the protest and argued that he had not been allowed to be heard before the notice was issued, according to The Hindu.

Khan took his challenge to the Bombay High Court. Coverage published on October 27 described his petition against the FRRO notice and his objection that he had been denied a hearing, according to The Hindu.

On October 27, the court put the leave India notice on hold until November 2, India Today reported. The relief is temporary, rather than a final decision on his challenge.

Times now reported that the Centre assured the court there would be no coercive action until November 2. NDTV Top Stories identified that date as the next hearing.

By October 29, Khan was also challenging the grounds in a separate FRRO notice proposing cancellation of his Overseas Citizen of India, or OCI, status. Times now reported that he was seeking the Mumbai Police report and evidence behind that notice.

The immediate protection concerns the leave India notice: it remains on hold until November 2. The coverage reports no final ruling on whether that notice is valid, with NDTV Top Stories reporting that no action will be taken until the next hearing.

The OCI matter is a separate challenge to a proposed cancellation, not a reported cancellation already completed. India News reported on October 29 that Khan was seeking the evidence behind the proposal.

The next scheduled court hearing is November 2, according to NDTV Top Stories. The immediate issue is what happens to Khan's temporary protection when the matter returns to court.

Separately, Khan's request for the police report and supporting evidence remains central to his response to the proposed OCI cancellation, as reported by Times now. The supplied coverage does not say whether those materials have been provided.