The Supreme Court today issued notice to Bollywood actor Salman Khan in 2002 Hit and Run case..A Division Bench comprising Justices JS Khehar and C Nagappan issued notice in the appeals preferred by the Maharashtra government and the widow and son of the sole victim in the accident..Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Salman Khan. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi appeared for Maharashtra government while advocates PB Suresh, Vipin Nair, KT Thomas, Udayaditya Banerjee, Prithu Garg and Rahul Srivastava represented the widow and son of the victim..The Bombay High Court had acquitted Salman Khan on December 7, 2015 prompting an outrage. The Maharashtra government had chosen to appeal against that decision after much deliberation. When the government’s appeal first came up before the Supreme Court on February 5, 2016, the Court had heard Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi for 45 minutes before adjourning the matter without issuing notice..Subsequently, the widow and son of the sole victim in the accident also appealed against the Bombay High Court verdict and also made a claim for compensation..Image taken from here.
