Saif would be ok to return Padma Shri

An RTI application had revealed in August last year that the government was examining a demand for taking back the Padma Shri conferred on Khan in the wake of a Mumbai court framing charges against him. It is alleged that Khan had punched on the nose of a South Africa-based businessman and his father-in-law at a hotel in February 2012.

Speaking out on the issue for the first time, actress Kareena Kapoor said that the honour had been bestowed upon her husband and that he had not really asked for it. “The fact is that it is a national honour and they have obviously researched pretty well to have given him this award,” she said.

Commenting on the scuffle that happened, she said, “I haven’t discussed it with him yet but I am quite sure he is pretty relaxed and okay to give it back.”