Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been granted interim relief by the Rajasthan State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The commission has stayed the issuance of an arrest warrant against him until a previously issued bailable warrant is properly served. This decision came during a hearing of a revision petition filed by Rajshree Pan Masala and Salman Khan challenging the actions of the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Jaipur II.
Salman Khan’s counsel argued that the district commission had issued a bailable warrant without first issuing a summons, and was now moving towards an arrest warrant. In response, the State Consumer Commission directed the district commission not to issue any arrest warrant until the bailable warrant is served as required. The counsel for Rajshree Pan Masala and Salman Khan also emphasized that no contempt of court had been committed.
The defence team highlighted that the district commission had previously instructed no promotion or advertising until a reply was filed, which was done on January 15. They clarified that Salman Khan’s appearance in an advertisement was for silver-coated cardamom, not pan masala, which they argued did not breach the commission’s interim order. An application seeking the cancellation of the bailable warrant is currently pending before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
Salman Khan was supposed to appear before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Jaipur II, following the issuance of a bailable warrant by its chairman Gyarsilal Meena. This warrant was issued after a contempt petition was filed by complainant Yogendra Singh, alleging that despite an interim stay order, misleading advertisements for “saffron-infused cardamom” and “saffron-infused pan masala” were being run by Rajshree Pan Masala and Salman Khan. The complainant also claimed that an advertisement signboard was put up near Nayapura Stadium in Kota in violation of the commission’s directives.
