Overview
- The Foreigners Regional Registration Office, acting with Mumbai Police, served Imran Khan a Leave India notice that invoked Sections 7 and 29 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 and gave him until October 28 to depart.
- Imran Khan is a United States citizen who holds an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card which grants long‑term residency privileges but does not confer Indian citizenship or full political rights.
- The notice follows Khan's detention during an October 10 demonstration at August Kranti Maidan, where hundreds were held after protesters tried to gather without police permission.
- Khan has said he will challenge the departure order in the Bombay High Court and lawyers are preparing an urgent petition arguing the notice is drastic and that authorities must provide reasons and a hearing before ordering removal.
- The action began with a complaint by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and has drawn criticism from opposition leaders and film personalities, and a court ruling could set a precedent on how immigration rules apply to OCI holders who join protests.