Bombay High Court sets hearing on Imran Khan’s exit notice

The Bombay High Court has deferred actor Imran Khan’s challenge to a notice directing him to leave India, scheduling a hearing for Tuesday, October 27, at 3 p.m. The notice sets an October 28 deadline, and the court has not yet ruled on his request to stop the authorities from acting against him while the case is pending. The Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO) issued the Leave India Notice on October 14. Khan’s petition seeks to have it quashed and asks for interim protection against removal or deportation, blacklisting, and any action affecting his Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) registration. He has also asked the authorities to disclose the material on which they relied. Khan argues that he was not given an opportunity to respond before the departure order was issued and that the notice does not identify the specific provisions of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, he allegedly violated. Those are claims made in his petition; the court has not assessed their merits. The dispute follows an October 10 gathering near August Kranti Maidan and Nana Chowk in Mumbai. Khan’s petition and public-relations team say he was briefly detained after going to observe...