Delhi High Court defers Salman Khan's Kala Hiran case

The Delhi High Court has deferred a hearing on Bollywood actor Salman Khan's request to halt the release of the film "Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy" until Monday, July 6. The court took no immediate action against the film after producers assured it they would not submit the project for certification or release any promotional material before the next hearing.

Justice Jyoti Singh adjourned the case on Wednesday, July 1, after noting that a formal reply from the film's producers was not yet on record. During the hearing, counsel for the filmmakers informed the court that only a teaser for the movie has been released and that it has not been submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The lawyer emphasized that a film cannot be released without CBFC approval and gave an undertaking that the producers would not send it to the censor board before July 6.

Following the hearing, producer Amit Jani posted on social media platform X, stating that Salman Khan had not received any interim relief from the court. Jani wrote that there was no ban on the film and expressed confidence that it would be released globally in approximately 8,000 cinemas. In his post, Jani...