The Delhi High Court has asked Khan to reply to producer Amit Jani's bid to pause proceedings over Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy, with the matter now listed for December 16.
Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani wants to hear from Salman Khan before this one moves any further. On Tuesday, the Delhi High Court issued notice to the actor on an application filed by producer Amit Jani, who's asking the court to pause proceedings in Khan's suit against the film Kala Hiran: The Battle for Legacy.
Jani's lawyers argued the same relief has already been sought in an earlier suit pending before the same court, so there's no need to run two parallel fights over one film. "They have moved identical prayers in the previous suit," counsel for the producer submitted. Senior advocate Ravi Prakash, representing Khan, told the bench he'd file a reply.
At one point the court asked a question that gets at the heart of this whole dispute: "This suit was for personality rights?" Prakash confirmed it was. Khan's original case sought protection of his personality rights, and the court had already ruled in his favour once, back on December 11, 2025. What followed is where things get tangled. A film got announced that Khan's side says draws on an incident from his own life, and Khan went back to court seeking a fresh interim order to actually stop its release. That second plea is what's still pending, and it's what Jani now wants stayed.
The film itself hasn't exactly had a smooth run through the courts this year. Back on July 27, a coordinate bench had already ordered a teaser and related posts pulled down from online platforms after Khan objected to the promotional material. The same bench, while passing its earlier interim order, had stopped the makers from using Khan's name, mannerisms or any other distinctive traits for commercial purposes, or putting out content that could damage his reputation.
The producer's side, for its part, isn't backing down on the premise of the film. Their argument in court has been that Kala Hiran is not a Khan biopic, and that personality rights can't be stretched into a tool to, in their words, erase public events tied to the blackbuck poaching case that's followed Khan since 1998.
On the practical side, the makers have told the court more than once that the film simply isn't ready to release. It hasn't cleared censor board certification, and no trailer has gone out yet. Khan's lawyers had earlier floated the possibility of an OTT release instead of a theatrical one, which the court has also kept on its radar.
For now, the stay application is where the action is. The Delhi High Court has asked Khan to file his response and listed the matter for December 16, when both sides will be back arguing over whether this case even needs to run alongside the earlier one, let alone whether Kala Hiran gets to see daylight at all.
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