Maha govt files petition to challenge HC verdict on Salman's hit-and-run case

January 20, 2016 10:34

The Maharashtra government will file a Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court in a week's time, challenging the Bombay high court verdict that acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in the 2002 hit-and-run case. An official in the Law and Judiciary department said that directions have been issued to state lawyers to file the SLP. "The government will challenge the high court verdict on its merits. The SLP will be filed within a week's time," the official said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had alreadyannounced that the state government would appeal against the high court verdict that acquitted Khan of all charges.

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